stock dividend

noun

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

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The stock dividend goes first to the mutual fund, which holds onto it temporarily. —Dallas News, 20 Feb. 2022

Notably, the company completed a 20-for-one stock split in the form of a one-time special stock dividend in mid-July, making its stock a lot more affordable to the retail investor. —Trefis Team, Forbes, 10 Aug. 2022

Both are senior to common stock in the unlikely event of bankruptcy, and the stock dividend would vanish well before those payments dry up. —Spencer Jakab, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022

Streaming your favorite song and getting a fractional payment of those royalties is much sexier than a blue-chip stock dividend. —Elan Jacoby, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2022

Tesla shares jumped 8% in midday trading Monday after disclosing plans for a stock split likely aimed at increasing retail investor interest and enabling a stock dividend. —Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2022

The company recently approved a three-for-two stock split in the form of a 50% stock dividend. —Trefis Team, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2021

The company paid out a 98-cent stock dividend in the quarter. —Diego Mendoza-moyers, ExpressNews.com, 30 July 2020

The company also suspended stock dividends and corporate stock buy-backs and also curtailed capital spending. —oregonlive, 1 May 2020

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1902, in the meaning defined at sense 1