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

preferred stock
n
(Economics, Accounting & Finance / Stock Exchange) the US and Canadian name for preference shares
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Noun1.preferred stock - stock whose holders are guaranteed priority in the payment of dividends but whose holders have no voting rights
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
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preferred stock
n (US Fin) → Vorzugsaktien pl


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31, 2001 Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation, the operating subsidiary of Kaiser Aluminum Corporation (NYSE:KLU), has declared regular quarterly dividends on its preference stocks.
3, 2001 Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation, the operating subsidiary of Kaiser Aluminum Corporation (NYSE:KLU), has declared regular quarterly dividends on its preference stocks.
Business Editors HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 2001 Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation, the operating subsidiary of Kaiser Aluminum Corporation (NYSE:KLU), has declared regular quarterly dividends on its preference stocks.
 
 
 
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