Definicija: a type of public company under the United Kingdom company law, some Commonwealth jurisdictions, and the Republic of Ireland. It is a limited liability company whose shares may be freely sold and traded to the public. A PLC can be either an unlisted or listed company on the stock exchanges

Definicija: Delniška družba je taka kaptalska gospodarska družba, ki ima svoj osnovni kapital razdeljen na delnice in za svoje obveznosti upnikom odgovarja le s premoženjem družbe. Delničarji pa za obveznosti delniške družbe do upnikov ne odgovarjajo.