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Definition 2024

joint-stock company ‎(plural joint-stock companies)

(business, fiance, law, Britain) A company with transferable ownership interests and limited shareholder liability.
(business, finance, law, US) A company with transferable ownership interests and unlimited shareholder liability.

Note that there's a fundamental difference in the concept of joint-stock company in the US and UK.

company with transferable ownership and limited shareholder liability

Japanese: 株式会社 (ja) ‎(かぶしきがいしゃ, kabushiki-gaisha)
Korean: 주식 회사 ‎(jusik hoesa)
Polish: spółka akcyjna (pl) f, SA (pl) f
Portuguese: empresa de capital aberto f
Russian: акционе́рное о́бщество (ru) n ‎(akcionérnoje óbščestvo), АО (ru) n ‎(AO)
Spanish: sociedad anónima f
Swedish: aktiebolag (sv) n, AB (sv) n
Turkish: anonim şirketi, AŞ (tr)
Vietnamese: công ty cổ phần

company with transferable ownership and unlimited shareholder liability