Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• CUMULATIVE DIVIDENDS
  
  A feature of preferred stocks whereby owners are still entitled to their dividends (before common stock holders) after a pay period has been skipped due to poor company performance. The dividend amount that was skipped is made up cumulatively during the following dividend pay period.
  
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