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  • 31share capital — Under the Companies Act 1985 shares may be issued by the company to shareholders in return for cash or other value equal to or greater than its nominal value. Shares in the authorised share capital are available to be issued. The issued share… …

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  • 32share buyback — ➔ buyback * * * share buyback UK US noun [C] (also stock buyback) FINANCE, STOCK MARKET ► an offer by a company to buy shares of its own stock from shareholders: »Analysts still expect a share buyback at some stage. »The company is pressing ahead …

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  • 33share dividend — ➔ dividend * * *    ► See Dividend. * * * share dividend UK US noun [C] FINANCE ► part of the profit of a company that is paid to shareholders in a particular period: »Share dividends are free of income tax. »More than a million share dividend… …

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  • 34share index — ➔ index1 * * * share index UK US noun [C] (plural share indexes, share indices) FINANCE, STOCK MARKET ► STOCK INDEX(Cf. ↑stock index) …

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  • 35share transfer — ➔ transfer2 * * * share transfer UK US noun [C or U] FINANCE ► the act of changing a share or group of shares from one owner to another: »Certain types of share transfer, including gifts, are exempt from Stamp Duty …

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  • 36share — ‘plough blade’ [OE] and share ‘portion’ [14] are distinct words, but they are ultimately related. The former came from the Germanic base *skar , *sker ‘cut’, which also produced English score, shear, short, etc. Its German relative is schar… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 37share index — share indices, share indexes (plural) N COUNT A share index is a number that indicates the state of a stock market. It is based on the combined share prices of a set of companies. The FT 30 share index was up 16.4 points to 1,599.6 …

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  • 38share — ‘plough blade’ [OE] and share ‘portion’ [14] are distinct words, but they are ultimately related. The former came from the Germanic base *skar , *sker ‘cut’, which also produced English score, shear, short, etc. Its German relative is schar… …

    Word origins

  • 39share option — noun A scheme enabling employees to buy shares in their company at less than the market rate • • • Main Entry: ↑share * * * noun, pl ⋯ tions [count] Brit : ↑stock option * * * ˈshare option 7 [share option] …

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  • 40Share (newspaper) — Share is a Caribbean and Black Canadian community newspaper based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Canada s largest ethnic newspaper, Share has two times the circulation of any other Canadian newspaper serving the same ethnic community. It is… …

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