dividend

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A cash payment of money by a company to its shareholders, usually made periodically…

   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...
   • Quarterly or annual dividend payments provide good income streams for investors who need cash in the short-term. And for those playing the longer game, dividends can be reinvested to buy even more shares in those same companies.
2. 2

   A number or expression that is to be divided by another.

   • In "42 ÷ 3" the dividend is the 42.
3. 3

   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.
   • That blood and pain paid a dividend, too, even when the subject wasn't a sorcerer.
   • The money I'd spent on getting scuba certified was about to pay a dividend. My half-baked escape plan came together.
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   1. 4

      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 […]
      • Therefore, $125 million of 1983 Preferred Shares (Blue Jay) would be tendered for retirement with $135 million of the $370 million dividended up to Blue Jay.

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