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Ex-dividend definition

Ex-dividend

A share bought in which the buyer forgoes the right to receive the next dividend and instead it is given to the seller.

Ex-dividend is the interval between the recorded date and the payment date during which the stock trades without its dividend. Buyers of stocks sold ex-dividend do not receive the recently declared dividend.

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