Meaning of Dividend | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A cash payment of money by a company to its shareholders, usually made periodically (e.g., quarterly or annually).
2. A number or expression that is to be divided by another.
3. Beneficial results from a metaphorical investment (of time, effort, etc.)
   figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“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...”

“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.”

“In "42 ÷ 3" the dividend is the 42.”

“His 10,000 hours of practice and recitals eventually paid dividends when he become first-chair violinist.”

“That blood and pain paid a dividend, too, even when the subject wasn't a sorcerer.”

“The money I'd spent on getting scuba certified was about to pay a dividend. My half-baked escape plan came together.”

“'Why not: you, Elvira, will shortly pay a dividend, that is, have a child.'”

“The United States is not the only country where xenophobia pays dividends for politicians.”

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