(finance) Stock with a dividend, usually fixed, that is paid out of profits before any dividend can be paid on common stock and that has priority to common stock in liquidation.

(finance) Shares of an ownership interest in the equity of a corporation or other entity with limited liability entitled to dividends, with financial rights junior to preferred stock and liabilities.

Synonym of cattle prod

(finance) an incorporated company the capital of which is represented by marketable shares having a certain equal par value

(finance, UK, US) A highly speculative stock selling for less than one dollar/pound per share and quoted in cents or pence.

(US) Plays put on at theaters during the summer, especially outdoors and during the summer vacation.

(idiomatic) A phrase frequently or habitually used by a person or group, and thus associated with them. / A cliché.

(finance) A loan structure using free-trading stock or in some cases restricted stock as collateral.

plural of stock loan

(idiomatic) To scrutinize or size up something; to assess a situation.