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 government has said taking preference shares which pay fixed rate of interest but have no voting rights in companies that it invests in is an option but it is also open to other methods of reflecting its equity.
  荷兰政府曾表示，获得所投资的公司的优先股支付固定利息但没有投票权是一个选择，但也会考虑其它反映其权益的方法。
• Executives are also pressing the government to allow them quickly to replace the preference shares, either by selling assets or by raising additional capital from private investors.
  高管们同时也向政府施压，希望允许他们通过出售资产或向私人投资者募集额外资本，来迅速替换优先股。
• 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。
• 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。
• Securities companies maintain the investment characteristics of preference for holding equity shares of smaller companies, and try to avoid cross-holdings shares with other agencies.
  证券公司在持股方面保持了偏好总股本较小公司的股票和尽量避免与其它机构交叉持股的投资特点。
• Arrears of dividends for cumulative preference shares
  累积优先股的拖欠股利
• The UK is also stricter on dividends, suspending them until the preference shares are redeemed.
  英国对待派息也更为严格，在优先股赎回之前，暂停股息支付。
• 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。
• Many are also deciding against issuing preference shares.
  许多企业还拒不发行优先股。
• 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