share : Idioms & Phrases

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A block of shares

  • (Stock Exchange), a large number of shares in a stock company, sold in a lump. Bartlett.
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authorized shares

  • noun the maximum number of shares authorized under the terms of a corporation's articles of incorporation
    authorized stock; capital stock.
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common shares

  • noun stock other than preferred stock; entitles the owner to a share of the corporation's profits and a share of the voting power in shareholder elections
    common stock; common shares.
    • over 40 million Americans invest in common stocks
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down-share

Down"-share` noun
Definitions
  1. A breastplow used in paring off turf on downs. Eng. Knight.
Webster 1913

earning per share

  • noun the portion of a company's profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stock
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Flag share

  • the flag officer's share of prize money.
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Lion's share

  • all, or nearly all; the best or largest part; from Æsop's fable of the lion hunting in company with certain smaller beasts, and appropriating to himself all the prey.
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ordinary shares

  • noun stock other than preferred stock; entitles the owner to a share of the corporation's profits and a share of the voting power in shareholder elections
    common stock; common shares.
    • over 40 million Americans invest in common stocks
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preference shares

  • noun stock whose holders are guaranteed priority in the payment of dividends but whose holders have no voting rights
    preference shares; preferred stock.
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preferred shares

  • noun stock whose holders are guaranteed priority in the payment of dividends but whose holders have no voting rights
    preference shares; preferred stock.
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profit sharing

  • noun a system in which employees receive a share of the net profits of the business
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revenue sharing

  • noun distribution of part of the federal tax income to states and municipalities
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Share and share alike

  • in equal shares.
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share-out

  • noun a distribution in shares
    sharing.
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shared out

  • adjective satellite distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose
    shared; divided; divided up.
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time sharing

  • noun (computer science) the use of a central computer by many users simultaneously
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To go shares

  • to partake; to be equally concerned.
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treasury shares

  • noun stock that has been bought back by the issuing corporation and is available for retirement or resale; it is issued but not outstanding; it cannot vote and pays no dividends
    reacquired stock; treasury stock.
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