dividend
/ˈdɪvɪdɛnd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.82 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A cash payment of money by a company to its shareholders, usually made periodically (e.g., quarterly or annually).
noun
A number or expression that is to be divided by another.
noun
Beneficial results from a metaphorical investment (of time, effort, etc.)
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "In "42 ÷ 3" the dividend is the 42."
- "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."
Etymology
From Middle French dividende, from Latin dīvidendum (“thing to be divided”), future passive participle of dīvidō (“to divide”), by surface analysis, divide + -end.
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Phrases
cum dividend
demographic dividend
dividend equalisation reserve
dividend king
dividend queen
dividend reinvestment plan
dividend reinvestment program
dividend stripping