Match Each Term with the Appropriate Definition

question 188

Multiple Choice

Match each term with the appropriate definition.Not all definitions will be used.
-Cash Dividend

• A)Stock shares that pay a fixed dividend rate but have no voting rights.
• B)The shares of stock held by stockholders.
• C)Stock that allows owners to be listed among creditors.
• D)This payment raises stockholders' equity.
• E)This payment decreases stockholders' equity.
• F)The shares of stock held by the issuing company.
• G)Earnings per share that reflects treasury and preferred stock.
• H)(Net income less preferred dividends)divided by average stockholders' equity.
• I)This dividend does not reduce stockholders' equity.
• J)Stockholders' entitlement to remaining assets after creditors are repaid.
• K)The additional shares of stock a company can issue beyond what are already issued.
• L)(Net income less preferred dividends)divided by the average number of outstanding common shares.
• M)When a company first starts selling stock to the public.

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Definitions:

Marginal Revenue

The increased earnings obtained by selling an extra unit of a good or service.

Total Revenue

The total income generated from the sale of goods or services.

Output Level

The total quantity of goods or services produced in a given period of time.

Sole Producer

A market situation in which only one company or entity provides a particular product or service, often leading to a monopoly.