plural share
11share */*/*/ — I UK [ʃeə(r)] / US [ʃer] verb Word forms share : present tense I/you/we/they share he/she/it shares present participle sharing past tense shared past participle shared 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to use or to have something at the same time… …
12share — I. noun Etymology: Middle English schare, from Old English scear; akin to Old High German scaro plowshare, Old English scieran to cut more at shear Date: before 12th century plowshare II. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English scearu… …
13earnings per share — ( EPS) A company s profit divided by its number of common outstanding shares. If a company earning $2 million in one year had 2 million common shares of stock outstanding, its EPS would be $1 per share. In calculating EPS, the company often uses… …
14participating preference share — ➔ Share * * * participating preference share UK US noun [C, usually plural] UK FINANCE, STOCK MARKET ► PARTICIPATING PREFERRED SHARE(Cf. ↑participating preferred share) …
15job-share — UK / US verb [intransitive] Word forms job share : present tense I/you/we/they job share he/she/it job shares present participle job sharing past tense job shared past participle job shared to share the work from a single job with another person …
16participating preferred share — UK US noun [C, usually plural] UK (UK also participating preference share, US participating preferred stock, US participating preference stock) FINANCE, STOCK MARKET ► a type of preferred share that, in addition to paying a fixed interest rate,… …
17golden share — noun A large share in a company, etc held by an institution or (often) a government, which prevents takeover by another company • • • Main Entry: ↑golden * * * golden share UK US noun [countable] [singular golden share …
18advancing share — UK US noun [C, usually plural] (also advancing stock) STOCK MARKET ► a share that has increased in value over a particular period: »Conglomerates shares, up 1.03%, led advancing shares. → Compare DECLINING SHARE(Cf. ↑declining share) → …
19class A/B/C share — UK US noun [C, usually plural] (also A/B/C share) FINANCE, STOCK MARKET ► one of the types of shares into which a company s common stock is divided, each of which offers shareholders a different voting right, payment amount, etc.: »Class A shares …
20flat share — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms flat share : singular flat share plural flat shares British a situation in which two or more people share a flat …
