Match Each Term with the Appropriate Definition

Multiple Choice

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