Task: Instance Description Understanding (ontology: Business_Finance/Financial_Industry_Business_Ontology)

Which of the following definitions best describes the instance 'distribution by payment'?

A. distribution method involving payment of cash to the shareholder
B. distribution method involving automatic reinvestment of shareholders' dividends in additional, potentially fractional, shares in the same asset
C. status indicating that none of the market value has been received by the company for the shares
D. status indicating that only a portion of the market value has been received by the company for the shares

Answer: distribution method involving payment of cash to the shareholder