stock dividend
Americannoun
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a form of dividend collected by a stockholder in extra shares of the corporation's stock rather than in cash.
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the stock received in such a dividend.
Etymology
Origin of stock dividend
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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For its next quarterly payout, Apollo upped its common stock dividend to 56 cents a share, from 51 cents in recent quarters.
From Barron's ● May 7, 2026
It also suspended its stock dividend to investors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2023
The company has suffered from a severe drop in sales and announced on Wednesday that it would cut its stock dividend.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2023
Last month, it increased its common stock dividend by 7.7% to 14 cents per share.
From Reuters ● Aug. 5, 2021
The substance of what he gleaned from Cassidy's newspaper was that those directors had declared a stock dividend of 200 per cent. and a cash dividend of 100 per cent.
From Bunker Bean by Wilson, Harry Leon
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