preference shares
41preference share — /ˈprɛfrəns ʃɛə/ (say prefruhns shair) noun a share which ranks before ordinary shares in the entitlement to dividends, usually at a fixed rate of interest, and usually converting into an ordinary share at a future date. Also, US, preferred stock …
42preference stock — /ˈprɛfrəns stɒk/ (say prefruhns stok) noun stock in a company which entitles the holder to preferential rights in respect of dividends over holders of other classes of stock or shares, as ordinary or deferred …
43cumulative preference share — ➔ Share * * * cumulative preference share UK US noun [C] (US cumulative preferred stock) ► FINANCE, STOCK MARKET a type of share that gives its owner the right to receive a set amount of money as a dividend. If this money cannot be paid in time,… …
44cumulative preference share — A type of preference share that entitles the owner to receive any dividends not paid in previous years. Companies are not obliged to pay dividends on preference shares if there are insufficient earnings in any particular year. Cumulative… …
45ordinary shares — carry the residual economic value of a company. They carry rights to distribution of profits through dividends, to the surplus assets of a company on a winding up and to votes at general meetings of the company. Easyform Glossary of Law Terms. UK …
46cumulative preference share — A type of preference share that entitles the owner to receive any dividends not paid in previous years. Companies are not obliged to pay dividends on preference shares if there are insufficient earnings in any particular year. Cumulative… …
47zero dividend preference share — ( zeros ) Zeros are capital shares in a split capital investment trust. They do not receive any dividend income but get part of the capital growth of the assets held by the trust when the trust is wound up. Zeros are preference shares and are… …
48ordinary shares — N PLURAL Ordinary shares are shares in a company that are owned by people who have a right to vote at the company s meetings and to receive part of the company s profits after the holders of preference shares have been paid. Compare preference… …
49preferred 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 …
50pre-preference — adj. Brit. (of shares, claims, etc.) ranking before preference shares etc …
