stock split

noun

: a division of corporate stock by the issuing to existing shareholders of a specified number of new shares with a corresponding lowering of par value for each outstanding share compare stock dividend

Examples of stock split in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The filing also details the three-for-one forward stock split effected on December 24, 2024, which increased the number of authorized shares of common stock to 360,000,000. —Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 6 Feb. 2025

The company has implemented a reverse stock split to regain compliance with Nasdaq's minimum bid price requirement and has appointed new independent directors to address corporate governance deficiencies. —Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 6 Feb. 2025

The company implemented a 20-for-1 stock split in 2022. —Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2025

With $1,000 clearly in sight, Netflix could be headed for its first stock split in a decade. —Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1950, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for stock split

• acquit
• admit
• amrit
• armpit
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• befit
• cockpit
• commit
• dalit
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• illite

Legal Definition

stock split

noun

: the division of the outstanding shares of a corporation into a larger number of shares thereby reducing the value of each share but not the total value of each holding compare reverse stock split

Note: The purpose of a stock split is to make the stock more attractive to potential investors by reducing the price per share.