Definition of Dividend. Meaning of Dividend. Synonyms of Dividend

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Definition of Dividend

Dividend
Dividend Div"i*dend, n. [L. dividendum thing to be divided, neut. of the gerundive of dividere: cf. F. dividende.] 1. A sum of money to be divided and distributed; the share of a sum divided that falls to each individual; a distribute sum, share, or percentage; -- applied to the profits as appropriated among shareholders, and to assets as apportioned among creditors; as, the dividend of a bank, a railway corporation, or a bankrupt estate. 2. (Math.) A number or quantity which is to be divided.

Meaning of Dividend from wikipedia

- A dividend is a distribution of profits by a corporation to its shareholders, after which the stock exchange decreases the price of the stock by the dividend...
- The dividend yield or dividend–price ratio of a share is the dividend per share divided by the price per share. It is also a company's total annual dividend...
- Qualified dividends, as defined by the United States Internal Revenue Code, are ordinary dividends that meet specific criteria to be taxed at the lower...
- Peace dividend was a political slogan po****rized by US President George H. W. Bush and UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the light of the 1988–1991...
- The S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats is a stock market index composed of the companies in the S&P 500 index that have increased their dividends in each of...
- Index benchmark top 20 dividend paying companies at PSX based on the last 12-month dividend yield. From October 2020, PSX Dividend 20 Index was in test...
- A dividend tax is a tax imposed by a jurisdiction on dividends paid by a corporation to its shareholders (stockholders). The primary tax liability is that...
- In financial economics, the dividend discount model (DDM) is a method of valuing the price of a company's capital stock or business value based on the...
- main use for the fund's revenue has been to pay out the Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD), which many authors portray as the only example of a basic income...
- Demographic dividend, as defined by the United Nations Po****tion Fund (UNFPA), is "the economic growth potential that can result from shifts in a po****tion’s...