Glossary of most frequent business formation terms

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Watered Stock

Winding Up

Withdrawal

 

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Watered Stock

A stock representing ownership in a corporation whose total worth is less than the actual invested capital. It may result in problems of low liquidity, inadequate return on investment, and low market value.

 

Winding Up

The discharging of a corporation's liabilities and the distributing of its remaining assets to its shareholders in connection with its dissolution.

 

Withdrawal

The statutory procedure whereby a foreign corporation obtains the consent of a state to terminate its authority to transact business there.