preferred stock
noun
: stock guaranteed priority by a corporation's charter over common stock in the payment of dividends and usually in the distribution of assets
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Take for example Strategy’s recent $722 million offering of 8.5 million shares of preferred stock in March.
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Julie Goldenberg, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Here are the Trump administration’s notable actions in managing private businesses directly.
MP MATERIALS OWNERSHIP STAKE
In July, the Department of Defense became the largest shareholder of rare earth mining company MP Materials, agreeing to buy $400 million in preferred stock.
—Joseph Lawler, The Washington Examiner, 18 Aug. 2025
The Defense Department agreed to purchase $400 million of the company’s preferred stock, making the federal government MP’s largest shareholder.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 8 Aug. 2025
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Julie Goldenberg, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Here are the Trump administration’s notable actions in managing private businesses directly.
MP MATERIALS OWNERSHIP STAKE
In July, the Department of Defense became the largest shareholder of rare earth mining company MP Materials, agreeing to buy $400 million in preferred stock.
—Joseph Lawler, The Washington Examiner, 18 Aug. 2025
The Defense Department agreed to purchase $400 million of the company’s preferred stock, making the federal government MP’s largest shareholder.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 8 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for preferred stock
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“Preferred stock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/preferred%20stock. Accessed 6 Sep. 2025.
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