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preference share in American EnglishnounBrit a share of preferred stock Examples of 'preference share' in a sentencepreference share Payouts are not guaranteed and the value of a preference share may fall as well as rise.Private investors are expected to contribute only a minority of the 4 billion needed to fund the preference share buyback.Profits reached $13.4 billion for the year, or $12.1 billion after the cost of paying preference share dividends.The yield attraction of preference shares is enhanced by their relatively favourable tax treatment.No dividends will be paid until the preference shares are paid off in full.About $8 billion of that will convert into debt and $2.5 billion into preference shares.He says that a suitable, though fairly risky, investment might be zero-dividend preference shares.Tier 1 capital consists of all shareholder equity including common and preference shares.I also invested about 600,000 in zero-dividend preference shares. |