Meanings
plural preferred stocks
- businessStock with a dividend, usually fixed, that is paid out of profits before any dividend can be paid on common stock and that has priority to common stock in liquidation.
Synonyms: preference share, preference stock
Synonyms & antonyms
nounStock with a dividend, usually fixed, that is paid out of profits before any dividend can be paid on common stock and that has priority to common stock in liquidation.
More synonyms by meaning
nounstock whose holders are guaranteed priority in the payment of dividends but whose holders have no voting rights
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic سَهْم مُمْتَاز
- سَهْم مُمْتَاز (sahm mumtāz)stock senior to common stock
Chinese Mandarin 優先股 /优先股, 特別股 /特别股
- 優先股 /优先股stock senior to common stock
- 特別股 /特别股stock senior to common stock
Finnish etuoikeutettu osake, etuoikeusosake
- etuoikeutettu osakestock senior to common stock
- etuoikeusosakestock senior to common stock
- etuosakestock senior to common stock
German Vorzugsaktie
- Vorzugsaktiestock senior to common stock
Hebrew מניית בכורה
- מניית בכורהstock senior to common stock
Japanese 優先株式
- 優先株式stock senior to common stock
Russian привилеги́рованная а́кция
- привилеги́рованная а́кция (privilegírovannaja ákcija)stock senior to common stock
Spanish acción preferente
- acción preferentestock senior to common stock
Swedish preferensaktie
- preferensaktiestock senior to common stock
Tagalog saping-tangi
- saping-tangistock senior to common stock
Cite this entry
preferred stock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preferred%20stock
“preferred stock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preferred%20stock. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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