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dividending

dividending is the present participle and gerund 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 dividending

What is dividending the present participle and gerund of?
Dividending is the present participle and gerund of dividend.

Words near dividending in the dictionary

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

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