Match Each Term with the Appropriate Definition

question 183

Multiple Choice

Match each term with the appropriate definition.Not all definitions will be used.
-Outstanding Shares

• 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:

State Religion

A religion that is officially endorsed and supported by the government of a country.

Executed Protestants

Individuals of the Protestant faith who were put to death for their religious beliefs, often occurring during periods of religious conflict and persecution.

Humphrey Gilbert

An English adventurer and explorer in the Elizabethan era, known for attempting to establish English colonies in North America.

Walter Raleigh

An English landed gentleman, writer, poet, soldier, politician, courtier, spy, and explorer known for popularizing tobacco in England and his expeditions to the Americas.