dividend
NOUN · English
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Experimental coverage — measured below Partial on the number of recorded words, definitions, translations, word forms and pronunciation. Treat entries as evidence to check; meanings may be incomplete.
English is Experimental in Words. Support is measured, not declared: a language reaches Partial only when every measure meets its threshold, and a measure that has not been taken does not count. The development corpus holds 60 source-backed words in English. What is shown may be incomplete, and pronunciation audio, generated forms and generated examples are not offered.
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Definition: A cash payment of money by a company to its shareholders, usually made periodically (e.g., quarterly or annually). From a source of medium confidence.
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- 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... 1861, Laws of Pennsylvania of the Session of 1861, page 511:
- 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. 2022 September 14, Paul R. La Monica, “As markets wobble, buy the stocks that pay you back”, in CNN Business:
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Definition: A number or expression that is to be divided by another. From a source of medium confidence.
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- In "42 ÷ 3" the dividend is the 42. Usage example — not an attested quotation.
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Definition: Beneficial results from a metaphorical investment (of time, effort, etc.) From a source of medium confidence.
figuratively
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- His 10,000 hours of practice and recitals eventually paid dividends when he become first-chair violinist. Usage example — not an attested quotation.
- That blood and pain paid a dividend, too, even when the subject wasn't a sorcerer. 2012, Cameron Haley, Retribution:
- The money I'd spent on getting scuba certified was about to pay a dividend. My half-baked escape plan came together. 2014, Bobby Adair, Slow Burn: Dead Fire, Book 4::
- 'Why not: you, Elvira, will shortly pay a dividend, that is, have a child.' 2016, Christina Stead, The Beauties and Furies, page 163:
- The United States is not the only country where xenophobia pays dividends for politicians. 2021 March 19, Frida Ghitis, “The GOP’s xenophobia is fueling toxic culture of hate”, in CNN:
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Etymology: From Middle French dividende, from Latin dīvidendum (“thing to be divided”), future passive participle of dīvidō (“to divide”), by surface analysis, divide + -end. From a source of medium confidence.
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