dividend
Etymology
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Etymology
From
- IPA: /ˈdɪvɪdɛnd/
dividend (plural dividends)
- (finance) A cash payment of money by a company to its shareholders, usually made periodically (e.g., quarterly or annually).
- (arithmetic) A number or expression that is to be divided by another.
- In "42 ÷ 3" the dividend is the 42.
- (figuratively) 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.
- French: dividende
- German: Dividend
- Italian: dividendo
- Portuguese: dividendo
- Russian: дели́мое
- Spanish: dividendo
- French: dividende
- German: Dividende
- Italian: dividendo
- Portuguese: dividendo
- Russian: дивиде́нд
- Spanish: dividendo
dividend (dividends, present participle dividending; simple past and past participle dividended)
- (transitive) To pay out a dividend.
- 1997, Shareholder Rights, Oppression and Good Faith, page 40:
- 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 […]
- 2007, Kevin K. Boeh, Paul W. Beamish, Mergers and Acquisitions: Text and Cases, page 324:
- 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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