Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• STOCK SPLIT-DOWN
  
  the reverse of a stock split. The total number of shares outstanding is lowered by issuing a new stock share to replace each of two or more shares presently in circulation, thus increasing the market value of the new shares. Also called a reverse stock split.
  
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