preferred stock

IPA/pɹɪfˈɜːd stˈɒk/
IPA/pɹɪfˈɜːd stˈɑːk/

preferred stock — noun

1. a type of company share that gives its owner the right to receive dividend payme

1.名詞B2
釋義

a type of company share that gives its owner the right to receive dividend payments before holders of common stock, and usually to get paid first if the company closes down and sells its assets.

例句

The energy company issued preferred stock to raise money for its wind farm project.

collocation: issue preferred stock

Holders of preferred stock receive a fixed dividend of five percent each quarter.

collocation: holder of preferred stock

同義詞
反義詞
  • common stock

    ordinary shares with voting rights but lower priority on dividends and assets

  • ordinary shares

    British English term for common stock

文法句型

preferred stock + singular verb

用法筆記

US financial term; in British English, preference shares is more common. Typically used as an uncountable noun and takes a singular verb. Preferred stock does not usually carry voting rights, unlike common stock.

常見錯誤

❌I bought two preferred stocks.
✅I bought some preferred stock.
💡Preferred stock is normally an uncountable noun in financial usage.
❌Preferred stock gives you voting rights in the company.
✅Preferred stock gives you priority for dividend payments but usually no voting rights.
💡Preferred stockholders typically do not have voting rights; that privilege belongs to common stockholders.