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  • 51split — Sometimes companies split their outstanding shares into more shares. If a company with 1 million shares executes a two for one split, the company would have 2 million shares. An investor with 100 shares before the split would hold 200 shares… …

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  • 52Split — Sometimes, companies split their outstanding shares into a larger number of shares. If a company with 1 million shares did a two for one split, the company would have 2 million shares. An investor with 100 shares before the split would hold 200… …

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  • 53split — splittable, adj. /split/, v., split, splitting, n., adj. v.t. 1. to divide or separate from end to end or into layers: to split a log in two. 2. to separate by cutting, chopping, etc., usually lengthwise: to split a piece from a block. 3. to tear …

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  • 54split — I. verb (split; splitting) Etymology: Dutch splitten, from Middle Dutch; akin to Middle High German splīzen to split and probably to Old High German spaltan to split Date: 1567 transitive verb 1. a. to divide lengthwise usually along a grain or… …

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  • 55split — [split] vt. split, splitting [MDu splitten, akin to MHG splīzen < IE base * (s)plei , to split, crack > FLINT] 1. to separate, cut, or divide into two or more parts; cause to separate along the grain or length; break into layers 2. to break …

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  • 56split — 1 vb split, split·ting: to divide into parts or portions: as a: to divide into factions, parties, or groups b: to mark (a ballot) or cast or register (a vote) so as to vote for candidates of different parties c: to divide (stock) by issuing a… …

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  • 57Article One of the United States Constitution — United States of America This article is part of the series: United States Constitution Original text of the Constitution Preamble Articles of the Constitution I  …

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  • 58Piracy in the Caribbean — The great era of piracy in the Caribbean began in the 1560s and died out in the 1720s as the nation states of Western Europe with colonies in the Americas began to exert more state control over the waterways of the New World. The period during… …

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  • 59partition — partitionable, adj. partitionary, adj. partitioner, partitionist, n. partitionment, n. /pahr tish euhn, peuhr /, n. 1. a division into or distribution in portions or shares. 2. a separation, as of two or more things. 3. something that separates… …

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  • 60split — [[t]splɪt[/t]] v. split, split•ting, n. adj. 1) to divide or separate from end to end or into layers: to split a log in two[/ex] 2) to separate by cutting, chopping, etc.: to split a piece from a block[/ex] 3) to divide into distinct parts or… …

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