preference shares

英 [ˈprefrəns ʃeəz]

美 [ˈprefrəns ʃerz]

n.  优先股

BEC

柯林斯词典

• 优先股
  Preference sharesare shares in a company that are owned by people who have the right to receive part of the company's profits before the holders of ordinary shares are paid. They also have the right to have their capital repaid if the company fails and has to close.

in AM, use 美国英语用 preferred stock

英英释义

noun

• stock whose holders are guaranteed priority in the payment of dividends but whose holders have no voting rights
  Synonym:preferred stockpreferred shares

双语例句

• The sale comes as Citigroup faces intense pressure to cut costs after issuing preference shares to the US government to raise much-needed capital.
  在向美国政府发行优先股，以筹集迫切所需资金后，花期集团面临削减成本的强大压力。
• The government has said taking preference shares which pay fixed rate of interest but have no voting rights in companies that it invests in is an option but it is also open to other methods of reflecting its equity.
  荷兰政府曾表示，获得所投资的公司的优先股支付固定利息但没有投票权是一个选择，但也会考虑其它反映其权益的方法。
• Preference shares which may be participating or nonparticipating as to the earnings of the corporation participating dividend
  参与或非参与公司盈利分红的优先股
• Securities companies maintain the investment characteristics of preference for holding equity shares of smaller companies, and try to avoid cross-holdings shares with other agencies.
  证券公司在持股方面保持了偏好总股本较小公司的股票和尽量避免与其它机构交叉持股的投资特点。
• They estimate the so-called equity tier one capital ratio, a key measure of balance sheet strength which excludes hybrid capital such as preference shares, would be cut by 0.7 percentage points from the current 9.6 per cent.
  他们估计，所谓的一级资本比率将从目前的9.6%下降到8.9%。一级资本比率是衡量财务健康状况的一项关键指标，它剔除了优先股等混合资本。
• The FSA says it wants banks to have a core tier one ratio a measure of capital that excludes preference shares and other hybrid instruments of at least 4 per cent of their assets under a stressed scenario.
  金融服务管理局表示，它希望银行的核心一级资产比一种剔除优先股和其它混合工具的资本测量方法在某一压力情景中至少占其资产的4%。
• It will also allow some banks to continue issuing hybrid capital preference shares and other debt-like instruments for longer than expected.
  它还将允许某些银行在比预期更长的时间里继续发行混合资本，即优先股和债务类工具。
• Executives are also pressing the government to allow them quickly to replace the preference shares, either by selling assets or by raising additional capital from private investors.
  高管们同时也向政府施压，希望允许他们通过出售资产或向私人投资者募集额外资本，来迅速替换优先股。
• Many are also deciding against issuing preference shares.
  许多企业还拒不发行优先股。
• Preference shares are more like fixed-interest loans since the dividend is set in advance, and must be paid if the company is in profit.
  优先股的股息是预先固定的，因此更像是债券，只要公司有盈利，就必须付股息。