Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cum-ex

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.97 in modern English

Syllables: cum-ex
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Being or relating to a tax fraud scheme in which traders buy shares cum dividend and sell them ex dividend, yielding above-normal profits.

Questions

What does cum-ex mean?: Being or relating to a tax fraud scheme in which traders buy shares cum dividend and sell them ex dividend, yielding above-normal profits.

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