share price
121price war — / praɪs wɔ:/ noun a competition between companies to get a larger market share by cutting prices …
122share index — / ʃeər ˌɪndeks/ noun an index figure based on the current market price of certain shares on a stock exchange …
123share option — / ʃeər ˌɒpʃən/ noun a right to buy or sell shares at a certain price at a time in the future …
124share option scheme — / ʃeər ˌɒpʃən ski:m/ noun a scheme that gives company employees the right to buy shares in the company which employs them, often at a special price …
125Guinness 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… …
126offer price — offer or offered price The trading price proposed by the prospective seller of securities. Also called the asked price or asking price. American Banker Glossary See: offer. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary The price at which a market maker is… …
127Offer price — See: offer. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * offer price offer price ➔ price1 * * * offer price UK US noun [C] ► FINANCE the price that is offered for shareholders shares during a takeover of a company (= taking contr …
128phantom share scheme — This is not a share scheme at all but is a cash bonus scheme. Shares, however are notionally allocated to employees who, after set periods, e.g. three years, five years, etc. may be paid the difference between the share price at the date of… …
