stock dividend

stock dividend
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Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.


stock dividend
A corporate distribution to shareholders declared out of profits, at the discretion of the directors of the corporation, which is paid in the form of shares of stock, as opposed to money, and increases the number of shares.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


stock dividend
A corporate distribution to shareholders declared out of profits, at the discretion of the directors of the corporation, which is paid in the form of shares of stock, as opposed to money, and increases the number of shares.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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