preference shares

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British and Australian shares representing part of the capital issued by a company and entitling their holders to priority with respect to both net profit and net assets. Preference shares usually carry a definite rate of dividend that is generally lower than that declared on ordinary sharesUS and Canadian name: preferred stock Compare ordinary shares, preferred ordinary shares

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How to use preference shares in a sentence

The future Mr. Vergara—and star of ‘True Blood’ and ‘Magic Mike’ shares some life advice in an exclusive video.
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When a top Mobutu confidant named Colonel Alphonse Bangala purchased the island, Lometcha bought shares.
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As well as weekly church services, Boyfriend—who shares a birthday with Madonna—went to a private, Christian school.
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One thing this new unrest shares with the Second Intifada, also known as the al-Aqsa Intifada, is the flashpoint.
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On its first day of trading, Alibaba shares were up 38 percent, yielding a market capitalization of $213 billion.
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It would be interesting to know whether there is any general preference as between these two combinations.
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A child's preference for the mother's singing is, perhaps, a half reminiscence of the soft-low tones of the lullaby.
Children's Ways|James Sully
He had two children, a boy and a girl, who inherited the northern and southern ranches in equal shares.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
Those of a more serious turn are apt to show a curious preference for the graver aspects of things.
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He did this to signalise his disapprobation of royalty, and his preference for democratic equality.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)