dividend
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dividend /ˈdɪvɪdɛnd/
▶noun
- 1 a sum of money that is divided among a number of people, such as the part of a company's profits paid to its shareholders or the winnings from a football pool.
■ an individual's share of this money.
- 2 (dividends) a benefit from an action or policy: the policy would pay dividends in the future.
- 3 Mathematics a number to be divided by another number.
– origin C15: from Anglo-Norman Fr. dividende, from L. dividendum ‘something to be divided’, from dividere (see divide).
'dividend' also found in these Oxford entries:
bonus
- bonus issue
- cum dividend
- cumulative preference share
- dividend cover
- divvy
- -end
- ex div.
- ex dividend
- fixed income
- pass
- payout
- peace dividend
- preference share
- rentier
- reserve
- xd
