a-share meaning

• [Economics]
  An ordinary share in a company which, while it receives the same dividends as other ordinary shares, does not give its holder any voting rights. A shares are issued to enable the group controlling a company to raise capital from outside without parting with control. Because A-shareholders are excluded from control, these shares generally trade at a lower price than voting ordinary shares in the same company.
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  [Finance]
  In a family of multi-class mutual funds, this is the class that is characterized by a front load structure. Not all fund companies follow this class structure; however, it is the prominent method of distinction.

• "a-share" meaning in Chinese: a种股票