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PREFERENCE SHARES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does preference shares mean? 

PREFERENCE SHARES (noun)
  The noun PREFERENCE SHARES has 1 sense:

1. stock whose holders are guaranteed priority in the payment of dividends but whose holders have no voting rightsplay

  Familiarity information: PREFERENCE SHARES used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PREFERENCE SHARES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Stock whose holders are guaranteed priority in the payment of dividends but whose holders have no voting rights

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

preference shares; preferred shares; preferred stock

Hypernyms ("preference shares" is a kind of...):

stock (the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "preference shares"):

cumulative preferred; cumulative preferred stock (preferred stock whose dividends if omitted accumulate until paid out)


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