preferred shares

  • 1preferred shares — give investors a fixed dividend from the company s earnings and entitle them to be paid before common shareholders. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary See: preferred stock. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary Payment of dividends to holders normally takes …

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  • 2Preferred shares — give investors a fixed dividend from the company s earnings. And more importantly: preferred shareholders get paid before common shareholders. See: preferred stock. The New York Times Financial Glossary …

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  • 3preferred shares — noun stock whose holders are guaranteed priority in the payment of dividends but whose holders have no voting rights • Syn: ↑preferred stock, ↑preference shares • Hypernyms: ↑stock • Hyponyms: ↑cumulative preferred, ↑cumulat …

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  • 4preferred shares — Payment of dividends to holders normally takes preference over the payment of dividends to other classes of shares. In the event of liquidation, preferred shares normally rank above ordinary shares but behind creditors of the company …

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  • 5preferred shares — preferred stock …

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  • 6preferred shares — /prɪˌfɜ:d ʃeəz/, preferred stock /prɪˌfɜ:d stɒk/ plural noun same as preference shares …

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  • 7Retractable Preferred Shares — A specific type of preferred stock thats lets the owner sell the share back to the issuer at a set price. Typically, the issuer can force the redemption of the retractable preferred share for cash at maturity. Sometimes instead of cash,… …

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  • 8preferred dividend — A payment of a corporation s profits to holders of preferred shares of stock. (See also: preferred stock) Category: Business, LLCs & Corporations → LLCs, Corporations, Partnerships, etc. Nolo’s Plain English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill,… …

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  • 9preferred convertible shares — Preferred shares (common/ordinary or preferred) that, at the option of the holder, are convertible into other securities, usually common shares, at a designated rate. The conversion privilege may be perpetual or limited to a specified period.… …

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  • 10preferred convertible shares — Preferred shares (common/ordinary or preferred) that, at the option of the holder, are convertible into other securities, usually common shares, at a designated rate. The conversion privilege may be perpetual or limited to a specified period …

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