STOCK SPLIT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity

Example:

they announced a two-for-one split of the common stock

Synonyms:

split; split up; stock split

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("stock split" is a kind of...):

increase; step-up (the act of increasing something)