An ordinary share in a company giving the owner the right to vote at the company's general meetings. This is distinguished from a non-voting share, which gives the holder equal rights to information about the company and to dividends, but no vote. In some countries companies can set a maximum on the number of votes which can be cast by any one shareholder, regardless of the number of shares held.

• winners, picking
• Wirtschaftswunder
• withdrawal, equity
• withdrawals from the circular flow of incomes
• withholding tax
• without-profits life insurance
• with-profits life insurance
• work
• worker-controlled firm
• worker, discouraged
• worker participation
• workers' compensation
• workfare
• workforce
• working capital
• working conditions
• working practices
• working, short-time
• work in progress
• works council
• works, public
• work study
• World Bank
• World Trade Organization
• worth, net