Term: joint-stock company: a company (usually unincorporated) which has the capital of its members pooled in a common fund; transferable shares represent ownership interest; shareholders are legally liable for all debts of the company
Candidate hypernym: social group: people sharing some social relation → 1
Candidate hypernym: finger hole: one of a series of holes in a woodwind instrument; pitch changes when a finger covers it → 0
Candidate hypernym: town meeting: a meeting of the inhabitants of a town → 0
Candidate hypernym: stachys: large genus of usually woolly or hairy herbs or subshrubs or shrubs; temperate eastern hemisphere; tropical Australasia → 0
Candidate hypernym: boom: a state of economic prosperity → 0
Candidate hypernym: caput: a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure → 0
Candidate hypernym: parascalops: brewer's moles → 0
Candidate hypernym: nobility: a privileged class holding hereditary titles → 0
Candidate hypernym: flowage: a body of water that has been created by deliberately flooding an area → 0
Candidate hypernym: afterpiece: a brief dramatic piece (usually comic) presented after a play → 0
Candidate hypernym: acropolis: the citadel in ancient Greek towns → 0