Sentence:  The Fisher Body division , long controlled by the Fisher brothers under a voting trust even though General Motors owned a majority of its <WSD>stock</WSD> , followed an independent course for many years , but by 1947 and 1948 `` resistance had collapsed '' and its purchases from du Pont `` compared favorably '' with purchases by other General Motors divisions . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity)