Dividend Definition
dĭvĭ-dĕnd
dividends
noun
The number or quantity to be divided.
Webster's New World
A sum or quantity, usually of money, to be divided among stockholders, creditors, members of a cooperative, etc.
Webster's New World
An individual's share of such a sum or quantity.
Webster's New World
A payment pro rata to a creditor of a person adjudged bankrupt.
American Heritage
The refund made under some insurance policies to the insured from the year's surplus profit.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Dividend
Noun
Singular:
dividend
Plural:
dividendsOrigin of Dividend
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Alteration (influenced by French dividende) of Middle English divident from Latin dīvidēns dīvident- present participle of dīvidere to divide divide
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle French dividende, from Latin dividendum (“thing to be divided”), future passive participle of divido (“to divide”).
From Wiktionary
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