payment of dividends
31earnings per share — eps The profit in pence attributable to each ordinary share in a company, based on the consolidated profit for the period, after deducting minority interests and preference share dividends. This profit figure is divided by the weighted average… …
32Default (finance) — Finance Financial markets Bond market …
33Stock — For capital stock in the sense of the fixed input of a production function, see Physical capital. For other uses, see Stock (disambiguation). Financial markets Public market Exchange Securities …
34free delivery — securities industry procedure whereby delivery of securities sold is made to the buying customer s bank without requiring immediate payment; thus a credit agreement of sorts. Antithesis of delivery vs. payment. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary free …
35Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works — Former type Private Industry Shipbuilding Predecessor Reaney, Son Archbold Successor Chester Shipbuilding Co. Founded 1871 …
36preference share — a special type of share in a company, which has the characteristic that it confers an entitlement to a specified percentage rate of dividend that is payable in priority to the claims of ordinary shareholders. A company s share capital may be… …
37dividend distribution — See: dividend income * * * dividend distribution UK US noun [C or U] ► FINANCE a payment of dividends to investors: » Investment companies and unit trust managers make dividend distributions to shareholders from the dividends that they have… …
38preferred stock — A part of the capital stock of a corporation, the peculiar and distinctive characteristic of which is that it is entitled to a priority over other stock in the distribution of profits. Sometimes called guaranteed stock. Corporate stock given a… …
39preference shares — noun stock whose holders are guaranteed priority in the payment of dividends but whose holders have no voting rights • Syn: ↑preferred stock, ↑preferred shares • Hypernyms: ↑stock • Hyponyms: ↑cumulative preferred, ↑cumulativ …
40undivided profits — noun plural : earnings of a business enterprise which have been retained instead of being distributed to stockholders or owners; especially : a net worth account often appearing in bank statements and showing accumulated profits which have not… …
