stock or stocks

[Nefertiti]

Someone owns a company's stock or stocks?

He/she owns many shares but only one company. e.g. 2,000 shares of Google stock or stocks?

Thanks

[Anglika]

Stock = part of the ownership of a company which people buy as an investment - you have stock in a company.

Stocks = the multiples of the parts - you have more than one part or you own parts in more than one company.

[Nefertiti]

Hi Ang,

Stocks = the multiples of the parts - you have more than one part or you own parts in more than one company.

Can you explain more? What do you mean by 'have more than one part' , 'you own parts in more than one company'?

Thanks for the reply.

[Anglika]

Stock is the capital of a company raised through the issue and subscription of shares. There may be one or many stock holders in a company. If there is more than one stockholder, then each has one part of the stock.

Equally, a person may own stock in a number of different companies, so he has several stocks.