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.
slide 2 of 2. What is Deadweight? The ship is an inanimate object hence the term deadweight does not relate to the presence of absence of life but to something else. Well, jokes apart, the deadweight has something to do with the carrying capacity of the ship.