share in profits
41with-profits — UK US adjective [before noun] UK INSURANCE ► used to describe an insurance agreement that pays an agreed amount and also pays a share of the profits the insurance company has made: »More than £400bn is held in with profits funds. → Compare… …
42ordinary share — See equity shares. Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein financial glossary The most common form of share or stock. A certificate that represents share ownership in a corporation. Exchange Handbook Glossary * * * ordinary share ordinary share ➔ Share *… …
43Wage share — The wage share is the ratio between compensation of employees (according to the system of National accounts) and one of the following variables:#gross domestic product at market prices #gross domestic product at factor cost. #net domestic product …
44Guinness share-trading fraud — The Guinness share trading fraud was a famous British business scandal of the 1980s. It involved an attempt to manipulate the stock market on a massive scale to inflate the price of Guinness shares and thereby assist a £2.7 billion take over bid… …
45Capitalization Of Profits — Converting a company s retained earnings, which represent the profits held in the business over time, to capital. The capitalization of profits process involves issuing a stock dividend, or bonus shares, to existing shareholders. This allocation… …
46capital share — ➔ Share * * * capital share UK US noun [C] (also capital growth share) ► FINANCE, STOCK MARKET a type of share in an investment company which offers shareholders profits because of an increase in value of the company s investments, but which does …
47common share — ➔ Share * * * common share UK US noun [C] (UK also ordinary share) ► STOCK MARKET a share of a company providing the owner with a right to vote at shareholder meetings and to receive a part of the company profits as a dividend → See also PREFER …
48distributable profits — distributable reserves The profits of a company that are legally available for distribution as dividends They consist of a company s accumulated realized profits after deducting all realized losses, except for any part of these net realized… …
49approved executive share option scheme — Approved Executive Share Option Scheme/Selective Share Option Scheme A share option scheme approved by the Inland Revenue under the provisions of the Income and Corporations Taxes Act 1988. These types of schemes are by far the most flexible of… …
50employee share scheme — a scheme for sharing company profits with employees with the object of conferring on them a participation in the company in the hope of engendering greater commitment from them. Schemes operate either by distributing shares already paid up by the …
