"A much diluted bill and one that will leave many of the liberal Democrats unhappy because they thought this was their chance to get sweeping change."

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

You see, if they give the-- if they merely give shares to the CEO without increasing your shares, then you are being diluted because it's raising the total and it's reducing the ratio.

如果他们仅仅给首席执行官股份,而不给你们增发股份的话,那么你们的股份会因总数增加而被摊薄,比例有所降低

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