dividend

Definitions


[ˈdɪvɪd(ə)nd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a sum of money paid regularly (typically annually) by a company to its shareholders out of its profits (or reserves)

- a number to be divided by another number


Phrases:

Origin:
late 15th century (in the general sense ‘portion, share’): from Anglo-Norman French dividende, from Latin dividendum ‘something to be divided’, from the verb dividere (see divide)




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