dividend
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dividend
- /ˈdɪvɪdɛnd/
Where it comes from
From Middle French dividende, from Latin dīvidendum (“thing to be divided”), future passive participle of dīvidō (“to divide”), by surface analysis, divide + -end.
noun dividends
- A cash payment of money by a company to its shareholders, usually made periodically (e.g., quarterly or annually). On all dividends which do not exceed six per centum per annum, eight per centum; on dividends exceeding six per centum and not exceeding seven per centum, a tax of nine per centum...
- A number or expression that is to be divided by another. In "42 ÷ 3" the dividend is the 42.
- Beneficial results from a metaphorical investment (of time, effort, etc.) His 10,000 hours of practice and recitals eventually paid dividends when he become first-chair violinist.
verb dividends · dividending · dividended
- To pay out a dividend. He held instead that the words "sell or otherwise dispose of" in Clause 2 of the Shareholders' Agreement prevented the dividending of the shares in Hawker Holdings to the shareholders of Hawker Siddeley […]
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Closest in meaning: profit, amortization, revenue, earnings, payoff, payout, paying, profitability, rebate, distribution, returnee, return, bonus, gain, benefit, advantage
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noun finance: a payment of money by a company to its shareholders
| Español | dividendo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 배당금 baedanggeum, 배당 baedang |
| 日本語 | 配当 haitō, 配当金 haitōkin |
| 中文 | 股息 gǔxī, 紅利 /红利 hónglì |
| हिन्दी | लाभांश lābhāñś |
| Kiswahili | gawio |
| Português | dividendo |
| Français | dividende |
| Deutsch | Dividende |
| Italiano | dividendo |
| Ελληνικά | μέρισμα mérisma |
| Română | dividend |
| Русский | дивиде́нд dividénd |
| Tiếng Việt | cổ tức |
| العربية | حِصَّة ḥiṣṣa |
| עברית | דִּיבִידֶנְד dividend |
Talk about this word "dividend." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dividend. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. dividend. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dividend "dividend." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dividend.Cite this
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title = {dividend},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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