Definition of Dividend
Dividend
div·i·dend
Definition/Meaning
(noun)
a sum of money that a company pays regularly to its shareholders, from its profits; a sum of money to be divided among a group of people, or each individual portion/share of such a sum;
e.g. The company's success benefited all of them, since they were all paid dividends from its profits.
(noun)
in mathematics, a number that is to be divided by another number;
e.g. The dividend is the number that needs to be divided.
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"The best investment with the least risk and the greatest dividend is giving." -- John Templeton
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