Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A list of the prices of shares of railways, mines, banks, government securities, etc.

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Examples

  • He felt he would do well to have a straight talk with Simmonds, go carefully through his share-list, and arrange in detail for the conduct of his affairs during his absence.

    The Way Home 2003

  • The transfer had been effected, power of attorney given, new investments arranged for, his existing share-list overhauled and revised.

    The Way Home 2003

  • Saturday-evening share-list; and Georgy plunged ever and anon into the closely printed pages of a Dissenting preacher's biography, which she declared to be "comforting."

    Charlotte's Inheritance 1875

  • The share-list is too solemn a thing for joking. '

    Lord Kilgobbin Charles James Lever 1839

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