Preferred shares
Shares of stock representing the class of owners who have precedence over owners of common shares in the payment of dividends and liquidation of assets. Dividends to preferred share owners, moreover, are usually cumulative: if passed over (not paid) in one period, they accumulate and must be paid at a later time before common stock dividends are paid. Ownership of preferred shares ordinarily does not confer stockholder voting rights.
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