dividend share

noun [C] UK (US dividend stock)

Definition

› STOCK MARKET a share that has been bought using a dividend, or that is given instead of a dividend: Shareholders will receive 19 new ordinary shares plus one special dividend share for every 20 ordinary shares.

(Definition of dividend share noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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