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Dividend - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Dividend : (noun)
1: that part of the earnings of a corporation that is
distributed to its shareholders; usually paid quarterly
2: a number to be divided by another number
3: a bonus; something extra (especially a share of a surplus)
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Dividend : \Div"i*dend\, n. [L. dividendum thing to be divided,
neut. of the gerundive of dividere: cf. F. dividende.]
1. A sum of money to be divided and distributed; the share of
a sum divided that falls to each individual; a distribute
sum, share, or percentage; -- applied to the profits as
appropriated among shareholders, and to assets as
apportioned among creditors; as, the dividend of a bank, a
railway corporation, or a bankrupt estate.
2. (Math.) A number or quantity which is to be divided.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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DIVIDEND. A portion of the principal, or profits, divided among several
owners of a thing.
2. The term is usually applied to the division of the profits arising
out of bank or other stocks; or to the division, among the creditors, of the
elects of an insolvent estate.
3. In another sense, according to some old authorities, it signifies
one part of an indenture. T. L.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Dividend |
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