stock dividend

noun

: the payment by a corporation of a dividend in the form of shares usually of its own stock without change in par value compare stock split

: the stock distributed in a stock dividend

Examples of stock dividend in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Vance also made hundreds of thousands in investment income from holdings such as real estate rental fees and stock dividends. —

Max Zahn, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2024 The company is scrambling to shore up reserves by introducing layoffs and suspending stock dividends. —

Ellen Ioanes, Vox, 2 Aug. 2024 The company will also suspend its fourth-quarter stock dividend as part of a broader plan to cut costs, Gelsinger said during the earnings call. —

Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2024 That decision was generally understood to mean that the government may impose taxes on wages or stock dividends, but not necessarily on property or corporate wealth that grows in value. —

David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for stock dividend

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1902, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler

The first known use of stock dividend was circa 1902

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