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ex dividend

ex dividend adjective: of a declared dividend, belonging to the seller rather than the buyer.

Adjective

ex dividend (not comparable)

  1. Of a declared dividend, belonging to the seller rather than the buyer.
    • 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).1985, U.S. Tax Cases, volume 84, number 2, page 72
    • 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...2007, Robert W. Hamilton, Attorney's Guide to Business and Finance Fundamentals, page 278

Forms of ex dividend

alternative abbreviationx-div.
alternative abbreviationxd

Questions about ex dividend

What does ex dividend mean?
Ex dividend means of a declared dividend, belonging to the seller rather than the buyer.
What part of speech is ex dividend?
Ex dividend is an adjective.

Words near ex dividend in the dictionary

  1. ex cathedra
  2. ex cetera
  3. ex contractu
  4. ex copula
  5. ex delicto
  6. ex dividend
  7. ex facie
  8. ex gratia
  9. ex hypothesi
  10. ex juris
  11. ex libris

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