voting share

noun [C] (also voting stock [U]) FINANCE, STOCK MARKET

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› a company share that gives its owner the right to vote at shareholder meetings: He holds 18% of the company's voting shares. The family controls 43% of the voting stock. → Compare non-voting

(Definition of voting share noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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