preferred stock

NOUN

stock which takes dividend before others

Synonyms

WEAK

convertible preferred stock cumulative convertible preferred stock cumulative preferred stock participating preferred stock preference stock

Example Sentences

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Boutique and luxury hotels have grown in popularity, though, and are the preferred types of accommodations for 26% of travelers, up slightly from before the pandemic.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2021

In time they adopt codes, standards, preferred types, and fashions.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham