SPLIT DOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does split down mean? 

• SPLIT DOWN (noun)
  The noun SPLIT DOWN has 1 sense:

1. a decrease in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity

  Familiarity information: SPLIT DOWN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPLIT DOWN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A decrease in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

reverse split; reverse stock split; split down

Hypernyms ("split down" is a kind of...):

decrease; diminution; reduction; step-down (the act of decreasing or reducing something)

 Context examples 

Descending the laurel walk, I faced the wreck of the chestnut-tree; it stood up black and riven: the trunk, split down the centre, gasped ghastly.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)