Sentence:  The other bill , by Sen. A. M. Aikin Jr. of Paris , would relieve real estate brokers , who pay their own annual licensing fee , from the $ 12 annual occupation license on brokers in such as <WSD>stocks</WSD> and bonds . 
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)