Share capital
What Share capital means in Business GCSE, as defined for OCR, Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
An external source that involves selling ownership stakes and provides finance without the need for repayment, but requires giving up a percentage of business ownership.
Money raised from the sale of shares in a limited company.
Topics that use Share capital
- Sources of finance (OCR GCSE)
- Business growth (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Retained profit
- Business growth
- Internal (organic) growth
- Limited liability
- Loan capital
- Merger
- Overdraft
- Public limited company (plc)
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