Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ex dividend

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.78 in modern English

Syllables: ex -div-i-dend
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a declared dividend, belonging to the seller rather than the buyer.

Example Sentences

"With respect to the cash dividend on the preferred stock, the Exchange fixed an ex-dividend date of May 1, 1975 (the ex-dividend date)."
"The ex-dividend date is three business days before the record date. Ex-dividend means without the dividend. The ex-dividend date convention assigns the dividend to the buyer or seller as follows: A buyer in a transaction that occurs before the ex-dividend date is entitled to receive the dividend and the seller is not; a seller in a transaction that occurs on or after the ex-dividend date is entitled to keep the dividend."

Inflected Forms

x-div. (alternative, abbreviation) xd (alternative, abbreviation)

Questions

What does ex dividend mean?: Of a declared dividend, belonging to the seller rather than the buyer.

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