diluted earnings per share. An earnings measure calculated by dividing net income less preferred stock dividends for a period by the average number of shares of common stock that would be outstanding if all convertible securities were converted into shares of common stock.
inanimate - belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things; the word `car' is inanimate. linguistics - the scientific study of language. animate - belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings; the word `dog' is animate.
Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: 1  inanition(Noun) Emptiness. 2  inanition(Noun) A state of advanced lack of adequate nutrition, food or water, or a physiological inability to utilize them; starvation. 3  inanition(Noun) A spiritual emptiness or lack of purpose or will to live, akin to the Existentialist Philosophy state of nausea.