preferred stock (redirected from Preference Share Capital)

preferred stock

n.

Capital stock having priority over a corporation's common stock in the distribution of dividends and often of assets.

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preferred stock

n

(Economics, Accounting & Finance / Stock Exchange) the US and Canadian name for preference shares

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

preferred stock - stock whose holders are guaranteed priority in the payment of dividends but whose holders have no voting rights preference shares, preferred shares stock - the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity); "he owns a controlling share of the company's stock" cumulative preferred, cumulative preferred stock - preferred stock whose dividends if omitted accumulate until paid out

Translations

preferred stock

n (US Fin) → Vorzugsaktien pl