interest on shares

  • 71controlling interest — noun (countable usually singular) technical if you have a controlling interest in a company, you own enough shares (share2 (6)) to be able to make decisions about what happens to the company …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 72fixed-interest security — Any security that gives a fixed stated interest payment. They include gilt edged securities, bonds, preference shares, and debentures; as they entail less risk than equities they offer less scope for capital appreciation. They do, however, often… …

    Accounting dictionary

  • 73controlling interest — /kənˌtrəυlɪŋ ɪntrəst/ noun ♦ to have a controlling interest in a company to own more than 50% of the shares so that you can direct how the company is run …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 74short interest — noun : the sum of securities or commodities sold short as of a given date called also short position * * * Finance. the total amount by which a single seller or all sellers are short in a particular stock or commodity or in the market as a whole …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 75short ratio (or short interest ratio) — Number of shares of a security that investors have sold short divided by average daily volume of the security (measured over 30 days or 90 days). There are various interpretations of this ratio. When people short, it is usually (but not always)… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 76short interest ratio — Number of shares of a security that investors have sold short divided by average daily volume of the security (measured over 30 days or 90 days). There are various interpretations of this ratio. When people short, it is usually (but not always)… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 77notifiable interest — A holding of 10% or more (including non beneficial interests) in the shares of a public company. When an investor has such a holding, he is obliged to notify the company within two business days. In addition, he must notify the company when the… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 78Bearer Shares/Bearer Bonds —    Securities which confer ownership with a simple certificate, with no central register of owners. The dividends or interest payments are claimed from a paying agent, by presenting coupons clipped from the ownership certificate. Bearer bonds are …

    Financial and business terms

  • 79controlling interest — con|trol|ling in|ter|est [ kən,troulıŋ ıntrəst ] noun count usually singular BUSINESS a situation in which someone owns enough SHARES in a company to be able to make decisions about what the company does …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 80controlling interest — ownership of a majority of a company s voting stock shares (usually more than 50%) so that the owner has control over company policy (Finance) …

    English contemporary dictionary