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Webster 1913 Edition
Dividend
Div′i-dend
,Noun.
[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 estate2.
(Math.)
A number or quantity which is to be divided.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dividend
DIVIDEND
,Noun.
1.
A part or share; particularly, 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.2.
In arithmetic, the number to be divided into equal parts.Definition 2024
Dividend
Dividend
See also: dividend
German
Noun
Dividend m (genitive Dividenden, plural Dividenden)
Declension
Declension of Dividend
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Dividend | die | Dividenden |
| genitive | eines | des | Dividenden | der | Dividenden |
| dative | einem | dem | Dividenden | den | Dividenden |
| accusative | einen | den | Dividenden | die | Dividenden |
See also
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dividend
See also: Dividend
English
Noun
dividend (plural dividends)
- (arithmetic) A number or expression that is to be divided by another.
- In "42 ÷ 3" the dividend is the 42.
- (finance) A pro rata payment of money by a company to its shareholders, usually made periodically (eg, quarterly or annually).
- (figuratively) Beneficial results from a metaphorical investment (of time, effort, etc.)
- His 10,000 hours of practice and recitals eventually paid dividends when he become first-chair violinist.
- 2012, Cameron Haley, Retribution:
- That blood and pain paid a dividend, too, even when the subject wasn't a sorcerer.
- 2014, Bobby Adair, Slow Burn: Dead Fire, Book 4::
- The money I'd spent on getting scuba certified was about to pay a dividend. My half-baked escape plan came together.
- 2016, Christina Stead, The Beauties and Furies, page 163:
- 'Why not: you, Elvira, will shortly pay a dividend, that is, have a child.'
Hyponyms
- (finance: pro rata payment): regular dividend, special dividend
Translations
arithmetic: a number or expression
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See also
- addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) + (summand) = (sum, total)
- subtraction: (minuend) − (subtrahend) = (difference)
- multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product)
- division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend
- numerator
Swedish
Noun
dividend c
Declension
| Inflection of dividend | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | dividend | dividenden | dividender | dividenderna |
| Genitive | dividends | dividendens | dividenders | dividendernas |
Synonyms
- (finance): utdelning