preference shares

英 [ˈprefrəns ʃeəz]

美 [ˈprefrəns ʃerz]

n.  优先股

BEC

柯林斯词典

• 优先股
  Preference sharesare shares in a company that are owned by people who have the right to receive part of the company's profits before the holders of ordinary shares are paid. They also have the right to have their capital repaid if the company fails and has to close.

in AM, use 美国英语用 preferred stock

英英释义

noun

• stock whose holders are guaranteed priority in the payment of dividends but whose holders have no voting rights
  Synonym:preferred stockpreferred shares

双语例句

• The shares are usually of two kinds: preference shares and ordinary shares.
  股票通常有两类：优先股和普通股。
• But paying out on preference shares would cost banks at a moment when profits are likely to slow down and a big asset clean-up awaits.
  然而，在利润增长很可能放缓、未来还可能面临大规模资产清理之际，支付优先股股息将使银行付出代价。
• Preference shares which may be callable for redemption at a specified price
  按指定价格通知赎回的优先股
• The sale comes as Citigroup faces intense pressure to cut costs after issuing preference shares to the US government to raise much-needed capital.
  在向美国政府发行优先股，以筹集迫切所需资金后，花期集团面临削减成本的强大压力。
• It will also allow some banks to continue issuing hybrid capital preference shares and other debt-like instruments for longer than expected.
  它还将允许某些银行在比预期更长的时间里继续发行混合资本，即优先股和债务类工具。
• Preference shares are more like fixed-interest loans since the dividend is set in advance, and must be paid if the company is in profit.
  优先股的股息是预先固定的，因此更像是债券，只要公司有盈利，就必须付股息。
• Preference shares could also smooth over the sticky issue of Chinese voting rights ( although this is not really worth fretting about anyway).
  优先股还能解决中方投票权的棘手问题（不过，这点本来就不值得烦恼）。
• It has focused in particular on the mis-selling of preference shares in banks to unsophisticated savers – who thought they were buying a safe product, only to be wiped out when banks restructured.
  这种愤慨尤其集中于银行向缺乏经验的储户不当销售优先股之上&这些投资者本以为他们购买了安全的产品，结果却在银行重组时蒙受重大损失。
• Empirical research results show that securities firms holding preference shares on the characteristics of less importance to the fundamentals of the stock market, more emphasis on facial features.
  实证研究的结果表明，证券公司持股偏好上对股票的基本面特征不太重视，对股票的市场面特征比较重视。
• Preference shares which may be participating or nonparticipating as to the earnings of the corporation participating dividend
  参与或非参与公司盈利分红的优先股