Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stock split

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.47 in modern English

Syllables: stock- s-plit
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An event wherein a company that has previously issued shares of stock increases the number of shares while reducing the value of each share accordingly.

American usage

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

stock splits (plural)

Synonyms

split split up

Questions

What does stock split mean?: An event wherein a company that has previously issued shares of stock increases the number of shares while reducing the value of each share accordingly.

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