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[Last reviewed in January of 2022 by the Wex Definitions Team]

A silent partner, also known as a dormant partner, is an investor in a partnership who contributes capital but does not participate in the day-to-day management or operations of the business.

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Smaller reporting company is a class of reporting companies that have relaxed Regulation S-K and Regulation S-X disclosure requirements. 

A Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) is a publicly traded shell company, most often incorporated in the state of Delaware, that enables taking a private company public through a reverse merger.

In business law, a stakeholder is a party who has an interest and might be affected by the performance and outcome of an entity’s business, project, or enterprise.

The Standard and Poor’s 500 (S&P 500) is a stock market index that tracks the performance of 500 of the largest publicly traded U.S. companies, ranked by market capitalization.

A stock is the share in the ownership of a corporation. Commonly the ownership of a corporation is divided into shares of a definite value, like 10 dollars per share. The charter of the company will define how many shares and classes of shares will be issued.

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A stock certificate is a printed certificate issued by a corporation to a shareholder, documenting ownership in a stated number of shares of that corporation's stock. It must be noted that generally the courts consider stock certificates distinct from the stock they represent and are merely tangible evidence of stock.  

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A Stock dividend refers to corporate dividends compensating shareholders or employees in the form of stocks instead of money. Companies issue stock dividends typically in the form of a certain percentage per share. For example, a company may issue a stock dividend of 3%, meaning that someone with 100 shares would receive three more shares.

A stock option is a contract that allows a person to buy a specific number of stock/shares of a company at a specific price (known as the exercise price or strike price) for a set time period in the future. The price is typically determined at the time the stock option is initially offered.