Dictionary entry

Split (6)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Split, a.(Exchanges) (a) Divided so as to be done or executed part at one time or price and part at another time or price; — said of an order, sale, etc. (b) Of quotations, given in sixteenth, quotations in eighths being regular; as, 10³⁄₁₆ is a split quotation. (c) (London Stock Exchange) Designating ordinary stock that has been divided into preferred ordinary and deferred ordinary.