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n. bonus, reward; portion of profits; share of anything divided; number to be divided (Mathematics) | ||||
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Dividend Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Dividend
A dividend is a portion of a company's profit paid to common and preferred shareholders . A stock selling for $20 a share with an annual dividend of $1 a share yields the investor 5%.
A dividend is a portion of a company's profit paid to common and preferred shareholders . A stock selling for $20 a share with an annual dividend of $1 a share yields the investor 5%.
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DIVIDEND
The distribution of cash by a corporation to its authorized stockholders.
The periodic, usually quarterly, payment made by a corporation to its shareholders, generally expressed as dividend per share. Dividends represent earnings that are not reinvested by the corporation. Some stocks pay no dividends and others, such as utility companies pay substantial ones that represent a large portion of the total return a shareholder will get from his investment. Dividends are a type of distribution and are usually taxable in year received.
The distribution of cash by a corporation to its authorized stockholders.
The periodic, usually quarterly, payment made by a corporation to its shareholders, generally expressed as dividend per share. Dividends represent earnings that are not reinvested by the corporation. Some stocks pay no dividends and others, such as utility companies pay substantial ones that represent a large portion of the total return a shareholder will get from his investment. Dividends are a type of distribution and are usually taxable in year received.
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Dividend
When a company's stock pays some form of compensation to existing shareholders, this is known as a dividend. Dividends usually take the form of quarterly cash dividends, which attracts investors seeking regular income. Dividends can also be in the form of additional stock, or spin-offs of existing subsidiaries.
When a company's stock pays some form of compensation to existing shareholders, this is known as a dividend. Dividends usually take the form of quarterly cash dividends, which attracts investors seeking regular income. Dividends can also be in the form of additional stock, or spin-offs of existing subsidiaries.
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Dividend
a taxable payment declared by a company's board of directors and given to its shareholders out of the company's current or retained earnings (profit).
a taxable payment declared by a company's board of directors and given to its shareholders out of the company's current or retained earnings (profit).
Financial; Dividend
the sum paid by the company to its shareholders as their direct financial reward from holding the company’s shares. It is the income received from an investment in the company’s shares.
Financial; Dividend cover
the indicator as to the rate that the company may be paying its dividends out of its earnings, and its ability to continue to pay dividends at that rate.
Financial; Equity
that part of the company’s share capital represented by ordinary, or voting, shares. The risk-sharing aspect of the company’s invested capital.
Dividend Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Dividend
(n.)
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.
(n.)
A number or quantity which is to be divided.
(n.)
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.
(n.)
A number or quantity which is to be divided.
| WordNet 2.0 |
dividend
Noun
1. that part of the earnings of a corporation that is distributed to its shareholders; usually paid quarterly
(hypernym) net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings
(hyponym) stock dividend
2. a number to be divided by another number
(hypernym) number
(hyponym) numerator
3. a bonus; something extra (especially a share of a surplus)
(hypernym) bonus, incentive
Noun
1. that part of the earnings of a corporation that is distributed to its shareholders; usually paid quarterly
(hypernym) net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings
(hyponym) stock dividend
2. a number to be divided by another number
(hypernym) number
(hyponym) numerator
3. a bonus; something extra (especially a share of a surplus)
(hypernym) bonus, incentive
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dividend
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.
similar words(1)
to pass a dividend
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.
similar words(1)
to pass a dividend
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Dog
Dog = n. share, dividend
Dog = n. share, dividend
Dividend Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Dividend
A cash payment financed by profits that is designated by a company's board of directors to be distributed among stockholders.
A portion of the principal, or profits, divided among several owners of a thing.
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.
In another sense, according to some old authorities, it signifies one part of an indenture.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
A cash payment financed by profits that is designated by a company's board of directors to be distributed among stockholders.
A portion of the principal, or profits, divided among several owners of a thing.
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.
In another sense, according to some old authorities, it signifies one part of an indenture.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
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Dividend
A proportionate distribution of profits made in the form of a money payment to shareholders, by a for-profit corporation. Dividends are declared by a company's board of directors. - (read more on Dividend)
A proportionate distribution of profits made in the form of a money payment to shareholders, by a for-profit corporation. Dividends are declared by a company's board of directors. - (read more on Dividend)
| Canadian Insolvency Dictionary |
Dividend
Under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act it refers to those monies paid by a Trustee in Bankruptcy to the creditors.
Under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act it refers to those monies paid by a Trustee in Bankruptcy to the creditors.
| Dream Dictionary |
Dividend
To dream of dividends, augments successful speculations or prosperous harvests. To fail in securing hoped-for dividends, proclaims failure in management or love affairs.
To dream of dividends, augments successful speculations or prosperous harvests. To fail in securing hoped-for dividends, proclaims failure in management or love affairs.
Dividend Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Dividend Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Dividend
Dividends are payments made by a company to its shareholders. When a company earns a profit, that money can be put to two uses: it can either be re-invested in the business (called retained earnings), or it can be paid to the shareholders of the company as a dividend. Paying dividends is not an expense; rather, it is the division of an asset among shareholders. Many companies retain a portion of their earnings and pay the remainder as a dividend. Publicly-traded companies usually pay dividends on a fixed schedule, but may declare a dividend at any time, sometimes called a special dividend to distinguish it from a regular one.
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