DIVIDEND
\dˈɪvɪdənd], \dˈɪvɪdənd], \d_ˈɪ_v_ɪ_d_ə_n_d]\
Definitions of DIVIDEND
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Legal Glossary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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that part of the earnings of a corporation that is distributed to its shareholders; usually paid quarterly
By Princeton University
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that part of the earnings of a corporation that is distributed to its shareholders; usually paid quarterly
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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A number or quantity which is to be divided.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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A number or quantity which is to be divided.
By Noah Webster.
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A portion of profits distributed by a corporation to its shareholders based on the type of stock and number of shares owned. Dividends are usually paid in cash, though they may also be paid in the form of additional shares of stock or other property. The amount of a dividend is established by the corporation's board of directors; however, state laws often restrict a corporation's ability to declare dividends by requiring a minimum level of profits or assets before the dividend can be approved.
By Oddity Software
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A share of the profits of a public company or business; interest payable on money invested in the public funds; a number or quantity to be divided.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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In life insurance, the amount of the profits of the company apportioned to the policy-holders yearly or at the end of any stipulated period; see tontine, semitontine, contribution, and deferred distribution.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Daniel Lyons
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A quantity divided, or to be divided, into equal parts.
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Com. A distribution of profit on shares or the like.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A share; the share of the interest or profit of stock-in-trade, or other employment, which belongs to each proprietor according to his proportion of the stock or capital; a part or share assigned to creditors out of the estate of a bankrupt; the number to be divided. Dividend-warrant, an order or authority upon which shareholders or stockbrokers receive their dividends.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A part or share of the profits or gains of a public company engaged in business of any kind, as a bank, or railway; the interest payable on any portion of the national debt or other stock; the part or share due to each creditor from funds realised from the sale of a bankrupt's effects, or from the payment of a composition; in arith., the number to be divided.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Latin] A thing divided; part; portion; share;—interest on bank or railway shares, public funds, or other stock, paid half-yearly to the shareholders or proprietors;—amount of profit from business or trade divided annually among the partners;—proportionate sum paid to a creditor out of the realized effects or assets of a bankrupt;—arithmetical term for a sum that is to be divided.
