unpaid dividend

unpaid dividend definition - finance
A dividend that has been declared by a corporationÂ’s board of directors but has not yet been paid out. There is typically a lag time between a declaration date and the payment date.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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