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dividended

dividended is the simple past and past participle of dividend.

Meaning of dividend

Verb

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

  1. (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

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Questions about dividended

What is dividended the simple past and past participle of?
Dividended is the simple past and past participle of dividend.

Words near dividended in the dictionary

  1. dividend stripping
  2. dividend trap
  3. dividend traps
  4. dividend value trap
  5. dividend value traps
  6. dividended
  7. dividending
  8. dividendless
  9. dividends
  10. divident
  11. dividents

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