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stock dividend

noun

Definition of STOCK DIVIDEND

1
:  the payment by a corporation of a dividend in the form of shares usually of its own stock without change in par value — compare stock split
2
:  the stock distributed in a stock dividend
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First Known Use of STOCK DIVIDEND

circa 1902

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