Meaning & use
quoted shares
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Meaning
nounpluralbusinessfinance
Shares in a company that are listed on a stock exchange and can be bought and sold by the public.
Grammar: Always plural: you buy or hold quoted shares; for a single one, say 'a quoted share'.
Patterns
- buy quoted shares
- hold quoted shares
- quoted shares in a company
She invests mainly in quoted shares because she wants to be able to sell quickly.
The fund holds quoted shares in several large technology companies.
Quoted shares must follow strict rules about reporting their results.
Common combinations
- quoted shares
- He put half his savings into quoted shares.
- buy quoted shares
- You can buy quoted shares through an online broker.
- hold quoted shares
- The charity holds quoted shares worth about two million pounds.
- quoted shares in
- Quoted shares in smaller firms can be hard to trade.
Synonyms and how they differ
- listed shares
- Very close in meaning; 'listed shares' stresses that the company has met a stock exchange's listing requirements, while 'quoted shares' stresses that a price is quoted daily.
- publicly traded shares
- A more general everyday phrase; it can include shares traded outside a formal exchange, so it is broader than 'quoted shares'.
- equities
- A finance term for shares as an asset class; it is wider and does not necessarily mean the shares are exchange-quoted.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: quoted shares or quotation? quoted shares or unquoted shares?
quoted shares vs quotation
A 'quotation' is the price given for a share, not the share itself; 'quoted shares' are the actual holdings you can buy.
quoted shares vs unquoted shares
These are shares not listed on an exchange; they are usually harder to value and sell.
Practice
The pension fund holds ___ in more than 200 companies.
Choose one answer.
'Quoted shares' is a plural noun, so it fits with 'holds ... in more than 200 companies'. 'Quoted share' is singular and would need 'a'; 'a quoted shares' mixes a singular article with a plural noun; 'quotation shares' is not a real term.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “quoted shares”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.