stock dividend


stock dividend

noun

Definition of STOCK DIVIDEND

1
: the payment by a corporation of a dividend in the form of shares usually of its own stock without change in par value — compare stock split
2
: the stock distributed in a stock dividend

First Known Use of STOCK DIVIDEND

circa 1902

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