Dividend | Mean of dividend in English Dictionary
/ˈdɪvəˌdɛnd/
- Noun
- an amount of a company's profits that the company pays to people who own stock in the company
- Profits are distributed to shareholders/stockholders as dividends.
- an advantage or benefit that you get because of something you have done
- Eating healthy and exercising yields big dividends.
- Our efforts are finally paying dividends. [=we are finally benefiting from our efforts]
- a number that is being divided by another number
- In the equation 8 ÷ 2 = 4, eight is the dividend.
