stock dividend

American  

noun

Finance.

1. a form of dividend collected by a stockholder in extra shares of the corporation's stock rather than in cash.

2. the stock received in such a dividend.

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Etymology

Origin of stock dividend

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

One drawback, however, is that stock dividends, if applicable, aren’t enjoyed by options investors.

From Barron's

One drawback, however, is that stock dividends, if applicable, aren’t enjoyed by options investors.

From Barron's

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.

From Los Angeles Times

The method involved a complicated, carefully choreographed trade of tax refunds on stock dividends.

From New York Times

It also suspended its stock dividend to investors.

From Los Angeles Times