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111preferred provider — noun Date: 1983 1. PPO usually used attributively 2. a health care provider (as a doctor or hospital) that is part of a PPO …
112preferred provider organization — noun Date: 1983 PPO …
113preferred stock — noun Date: circa 1859 stock guaranteed priority by a corporation s charter over common stock in the payment of dividends and usually in the distribution of assets …
114preferred lie — Golf. a nearby position for a ball preferable to that where it actually landed and to which repositioning is sometimes allowed without loss of a stroke or strokes to the player. * * * …
115preferred position — especially desirable advertising space for which, if it is specifically requested by the advertiser, a publication charges a premium rate. Cf. R.O.P. * * * …
116preferred-provider organization — /pri ferrd preuh vuy deuhr/ a comprehensive health care plan offered to corporate employees that allows them to choose their own physicians and hospitals within certain limits. Abbr.: PPO * * * …
117preferred stock — stock that has a superior claim to that of common stock with respect to dividends and often to assets in the event of liquidation. [1840 50, Amer.] * * * …
118preferred stock — noun Stock with a dividend, usually fixed, that is paid out of profits before any dividend can be paid on common stock and that has priority to common stock in liquidation …
119preferred creditor — noun A creditor who will have, in the event of the debtors bankruptcy, more right to collect than other creditors will …
120Preferred Redeemable Increased Dividend Equity Security - PRIDES — First introduced by Merrill Lynch, PRIDES are synthetic securities consisting of a forward contract to purchase the issuer s underlying security and an interest bearing deposit. Interest payments are made at regular intervals, and conversion into …
