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bonus shares

 
 
noun [plural] FINANCE, STOCK MARKET

Definition

payment of part of a company’s profits to shareholders in the form of extra shares rather than dividends: He received £424,000 of bonus shares relating to the Freeserve sale.
(Definition of bonus shares noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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