EARNING PER SHARE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The portion of a company's profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("earning per share" is a kind of...):

earnings; lucre; net; net income; net profit; profit; profits (the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses))

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