American Depository Receipt

Annuitant

Called in the banking trade an adr, it is a receipt issued by american banks to americans as a substitute for actual ownership of shares of foreign stocks. adrs are traded on american stock exchanges and over-the-counter easily without the necessity of trading the foreign shares themselves.

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