1. an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity; - Example: "they announced a two-for-one split of the common stock" [syn: split, stock split, split up]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
stock split
n 1: an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a
corporation without changing the shareholders' equity;
"they announced a two-for-one split of the common stock"
[syn: split, stock split, split up]