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

• 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。
• Arrears of dividends for cumulative preference shares
  累积优先股的拖欠股利
• 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 FSA says it wants banks to have a core tier one ratio a measure of capital that excludes preference shares and other hybrid instruments of at least 4 per cent of their assets under a stressed scenario.
  金融服务管理局表示，它希望银行的核心一级资产比一种剔除优先股和其它混合工具的资本测量方法在某一压力情景中至少占其资产的4%。
• Shares represent part-ownership in a company. They can be ordinary shares, preference shares or partly-paid ( contributing) shares.
  股份代表对公司的部分拥有权，分为普通股、优先股、未完全兑付的股权。
• 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。
• Even David Einhorn, the hedge fund investor who wants Apple to issue new preference shares with a 4 per cent yield, say it should keep$ 20bn under the mattress.
  就连对冲基金投资者艾因霍恩也表示，苹果应保持200亿美元现金储备。他希望该公司发行收益率为4%的新的优先股。
• Many are also deciding against issuing preference shares.
  许多企业还拒不发行优先股。
• 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。
• 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。