dividend

/ˈdɪvɪdɛnd/

dividend noun: a cash payment of money by a company to its shareholders, usually made periodically (e.g., quarterly or annually).

Noun

dividend (plural dividends)

A cash payment of money by a company to its shareholders, usually made periodically (e.g., quarterly or annually).
- On all dividends which do not exceed six per centum per annum, eight per centum; on dividends exceeding six per centum and not exceeding seven per centum, a tax of nine per centum...1861, Laws of Pennsylvania of the Session of 1861, page 511
- Quarterly or annual dividend payments provide good income streams for investors who need cash in the short-term. And for those playing the longer game, dividends can be reinvested to buy even more shares in those same companies.2022 September 14, Paul R. La Monica, “As markets wobble, buy the stocks that pay you back”, in CNN Business
A number or expression that is to be divided by another.
- In "42 ÷ 3" the dividend is the 42.
(figuratively) Beneficial results from a metaphorical investment (of time, effort, etc.)
- His 10,000 hours of practice and recitals eventually paid dividends when he become first-chair violinist.
- That blood and pain paid a dividend, too, even when the subject wasn't a sorcerer.2012, Cameron Haley, Retribution

Verb

dividend (third-person singular simple present dividends, present participle dividending, simple past and past participle dividended)

(transitive) To pay out a dividend.
- He held instead that the words "sell or otherwise dispose of" in Clause 2 of the Shareholders' Agreement prevented the dividending of the shares in Hawker Holdings to the shareholders of Hawker Siddeley […]1997, Shareholder Rights, Oppression and Good Faith, page 40
- Therefore, $125 million of 1983 Preferred Shares (Blue Jay) would be tendered for retirement with $135 million of the $370 million dividended up to Blue Jay.2007, Kevin K. Boeh, Paul W. Beamish, Mergers and Acquisitions: Text and Cases, page 324

dividend meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

dividend in Hindi

finance: a payment of money by a company to its shareholders: लाभांश lābhāñś

dividend in Tamil

ஈவுத்தொகை, லாப பங்கு, பங்காதாயம், ஊதியப் பங்கு, ஆதாயப் பங்கு, பங்கு வீதம்

dividend in Marathi

लाभांश, डिव्हिडंड

dividend in Urdu

حصہ, مقسوم

More languagesFewer languages

dividend in Bengali: ভাজ্য
dividend in Telugu: డివిడెండ్
dividend in Malayalam: വീതാംശം, ഓഹരി, പങ്ക്, അംശം
dividend in Kannada: ಒಡ್ಡು
dividend in Gujarati: ડિવિડન્ડ, ડિવિડંડ, ડીવિડન્ડ
dividend in Odia: ଲାଭାଂଶ, ଡିଭିଡେଣ୍ଡ
dividend in Nepali: लाभांश
dividend in Tagalog: hatiin
dividend in Arabic: حِصَّة ḥiṣṣa, مَقْسُوم maqsūm
dividend in Malay: dividen
dividend in Indonesian: dividen, untung sero
dividend in Persian: سود سهام sud-e sahâm, مقسوم maqsum, بخش baxš, بخشیده baxšide
dividend in Thai: เงินปันผล ngən-bpan-pǒn
dividend in Vietnamese: cổ tức

Examples of dividend in a sentence

The money I'd spent on getting scuba certified was about to pay a dividend.2014, Bobby Adair, Slow Burn: Dead Fire, Book 4::
'Why not: you, Elvira, will shortly pay a dividend, that is, have a child.'2016, Christina Stead, The Beauties and Furies, page 163:
The United States is not the only country where xenophobia pays dividends for politicians.2021 March 19, Frida Ghitis, “The GOP’s xenophobia is fueling toxic culture of hate”, in CNN:

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Forms of dividend

Noun
plural	dividends
Verb
third-person singular present	dividends
present participle	dividending
past participle	dividended
past	dividended

Plural of dividend: dividends

Origin of dividend

From Middle French dividende, from Latin dīvidendum (“thing to be divided”), future passive participle of dīvidō (“to divide”), by surface analysis, divide + -end.

Words formed from dividend

Phrases with dividend

Questions about dividend

What does dividend mean?: Dividend means a cash payment of money by a company to its shareholders, usually made periodically (e.g., quarterly or annually).
What is dividend in Hindi?: Dividend in Hindi is लाभांश (lābhāñś). See Dividend meaning in Hindi.
How do you use dividend in a sentence?: The money I'd spent on getting scuba certified was about to pay a dividend.
What part of speech is dividend?: Dividend can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce dividend?: Dividend is pronounced /ˈdɪvɪdɛnd/.
What is the plural of dividend?: The plural of dividend is dividends.

Words near dividend in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: dividend (page history and authors); dividend (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dividend (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dividend (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dividend (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dividend (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dividend (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); dividend (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dividend (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dividend (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dividend (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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