stock dividend

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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.

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Origin of stock dividend

First recorded in1900–05

Words nearby stock dividend

stock certificate, stock character, stock clerk, stock company, stock culture, stock dividend, stock dove, stocker, stock exchange, stock farm, stockfish

How to use stock dividend in a sentence

Nearly $180 million in stock dividends flows, tax-free, into the school’s coffers each year, derived from the high-margin profits from chocolate, candies and snacks made by the huge, for-profit Hershey Co.
“I Finally Got to the Mountaintop and I Failed”|by Bob Fernandez, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Charlotte Keith, Spotlight PA|June 10, 2021|ProPublica
Many Silicon Valley and infotech companies have emulated Buffett’s model, eschewing stock dividends, at least for a time.
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax|by Jesse Eisinger, Jeff Ernsthausen and Paul Kiel|June 8, 2021|ProPublica
In our headlong quest for a legally perfect society, we don’t take the time to take stock of what‘s been created so far.
Red Tape Is Strangling Good Samaritans|Philip K. Howard|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If his 20s were about traveling and his 30s “about taking stock,” he hopes his 40s will be about “building and expanding.”
William, Kate, and Jay Z’s Favorite Art Star: Alexander Gilkes' World of Rock Stars and Royalty|Tim Teeman|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The obnoxious meddling journalist is a stock character in fiction.
I Blame People Who Blame the Media: Robert McCulloch’s Tone-Deaf Speech|Arthur Chu|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On Friday, the stock market hit new highs—even as wages were stagnating.
With Immigration Move, Obama and the Welfare Party Strike Again|Lloyd Green|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Since then, all dividend payments have been frozen and Iran receives “no uranium or revenue from the mine.”
McCain Helps a Business Partner of Iran|Ben Jacobs|November 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Neither privately owned nor government stock is entitled to voting power.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
I didn't take much stock in the yarn at the time, but I'm beginning to think he had it straight.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
One day she had heard a man say, "If there is a drought we shall have the devil to pay with our stock before winter is over."
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
Cotton exchanges reopened on November 16, and stock exchanges opened for restricted trading shortly thereafter.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
The white ranchmen in the valley were all fencing in their lands; no more free running of stock.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson