Financial Definition of Distributions
Meaning of Distributions
Payments from fund or corporate cash flow. May include dividends from earnings, capital gains from sale of portfolio holdings and return of capital. Fund distributions can be made by check or by investing in additional shares. Funds are required to distribute capital gains (if any) to shareholders at least once per year. Some Corporations offer Dividend Reinvestment Plans (DRP).
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Distributions Definition (in the Accounting Vocabulary)
The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants offers the following definition of Distributions in a way that is easy for anybody to understand: Payment by a business entity to its owners of items such as cash ASSETS, stocks, or earnings.
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