fractional

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Shareholders who would be entitled to receive fractional shares will instead receive a cash payment from the company’s transfer agent, Computershare Trust Company.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Jet fuel is essentially a highly refined form of kerosene with specialised additives, and is usually produced from fractional distillation of crude oil.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

The utilities sector, by contrast, has had a tougher April, registering only a fractional gain.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

Patients with asthma showed a median 56% reduction in fractional exhaled nitric oxide, indicating reduced airway inflammation.

From Barron's • Dec. 8, 2025

When the sun reached its zenith and stood still the fractional moment, Nat took his reading.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham