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41share premium — Under the Companies Act 1985, if the amount paid to the company on subscription for the issue of shares is greater than their nominal value, the surplus is called share premium. The aggregate of the share premium is transferred in the company s… …
42price-earnings multiple — price earnings ratio UK / US or price earnings multiple UK / US noun [countable] Word forms price earnings ratio : singular price earnings ratio plural price earnings ratios business a way of measuring the value of a company s stock by dividing… …
43price-earnings ratio — UK / US or price earnings multiple UK / US noun [countable] Word forms price earnings ratio : singular price earnings ratio plural price earnings ratios business a way of measuring the value of a company s stock by dividing the price for each… …
44share option — noun A scheme enabling employees to buy shares in their company at less than the market rate • • • Main Entry: ↑share * * * noun, pl ⋯ tions [count] Brit : ↑stock option * * * ˈshare option 7 [share option] …
45share manipulation — ➔ manipulation * * * share manipulation UK US noun [U] (also stock manipulation) FINANCE, STOCK MARKET ► the act of trying to influence the price of shares illegally: »Three top financial figures were found guilty of share manipulation …
46share warrant — ➔ warrant1 * * * share warrant UK US noun [C] (also stock warrant) ► FINANCE, STOCK MARKET the right to buy new shares in a company at a particular price when the company issues them: »Companies benefit from selling share warrants …
47share option — share options N COUNT A share option is an opportunity for the employees of a company to buy shares at a special price. [BRIT, BUSINESS] Only a handful of firms offer share option schemes to all their employees. (in AM use stock option) …
48price-dividend ratio — UK US noun [C] (ABBREVIATION PDR, P/D ratio) ► ACCOUNTING, FINANCE, STOCK MARKET the relationship between the present price of a share and the dividend in the previous year, used to compare the performance of companies: »All of these stocks have… …
49price-earnings multiple — UK US noun [C] ► ACCOUNTING, FINANCE the price of a company s shares in relation to earnings per share (= a company s profits over a particular period divided by the number of its shares): »The price earnings multiple is just one possible guide… …
50price-earnings ratio — price earnings ,ratio or ,price earnings ,multiple noun count BUSINESS a way of measuring the value of a company s STOCK by dividing the price for each SHARE by what the company earns for it …
