stock dividend
noun Finance.
a form of dividend collected by a stockholder in extra shares of the corporation's stock rather than in cash.
the stock received in such a dividend.
Nearby words
stock certificate, stock character, stock clerk, stock company, stock culture, stock dividend, stock dove, stock exchange, stock farm, stock footage, stock guard
Origin of stock dividend
First recorded in 1900–05
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