(1) Register is a corporation's official listing of shareholders as well as a record of the corporation's stock issuances and transfers.
(2) Register is to file a security offering with the appropriate government agency to make the security available for sale. The most common scenario is when issuers register securities with the Securities and Exchange Committee (SEC) by filing a registration statement.
[Last updated in December of 2021 by the Wex Definitions Team]
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