dividend

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Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪvɪdɛnd/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

dividend (plural dividends)

1. (finance) A cash payment of money by a company to its shareholders, usually made periodically (e.g., quarterly or annually).
   • 1861, Laws of Pennsylvania of the Session of 1861, page 511:

     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...

   • 2022 September 14, Paul R. La Monica, “As markets wobble, buy the stocks that pay you back”, in CNN Business‎:

     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.

2. (arithmetic) A number or expression that is to be divided by another.

   In "42 ÷ 3" the dividend is the 42.

3. (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.

   • 2012, Cameron Haley, Retribution‎:

     That blood and pain paid a dividend, too, even when the subject wasn't a sorcerer.

   • 2014, Bobby Adair, Slow Burn: Dead Fire, Book 4:‎:

     The money I'd spent on getting scuba certified was about to pay a dividend. My half-baked escape plan came together.

   • 2016, Christina Stead, The Beauties and Furies‎, page 163:

     'Why not: you, Elvira, will shortly pay a dividend, that is, have a child.'

   • 2021 March 19, Frida Ghitis, “The GOP’s xenophobia is fueling toxic culture of hate”, in CNN‎:

     The United States is not the only country where xenophobia pays dividends for politicians.

Hyponyms

• (finance: pro rata payment): regular dividend, special dividend

Derived terms

• cum dividend
• demographic dividend
• dividend equalisation reserve
• dividend king
• dividendless
• dividend queen
• dividend reinvestment plan
• dividend reinvestment program
• dividend stripping
• ex dividend
• liar's dividend
• pay dividends
• peace dividend
• predividend
• splividend

Translations

arithmetic: a number or expression

Arabic: مَقْسُوم m (maqsūm) Armenian: բաժանելի (hy) (bažaneli) Asturian: dividendu m Azerbaijani: bölünən Belarusian: дзе́ліва n (dzjéliva), дзялі́мае n (dzjalímaje) Bulgarian: дели́мо (bg) n (delímo) Catalan: dividend m Cebuano: bahinon Chinese: Mandarin: 被除數 / 被除数 (zh) (bèichúshù) Czech: dělenec m Dutch: deeltal (nl) n Finnish: jaettava (fi) French: dividende (fr) m Galician: dividendo m Georgian: გასაყოფი (gasaq̇opi) German: Dividend (de) m Greek: διαιρετέος (el) m (diairetéos) Hungarian: osztandó (hu) Icelandic: deilistofn m Italian: dividendo (it) m Japanese: 被除数 (ja) (ひじょすう, hijosū) Korean: 피제수(被除數) (pijesu) Kyrgyz: бөлүнүүчү (ky) (bölünüücü) Macedonian: деленик m (delenik) Persian: مقسوم (fa) (maqsum), بخش (fa) (baxš), بخشیده (fa) (baxšide) Polish: dzielna (pl) f Portuguese: dividendo (pt) m Romanian: deîmpărțit (ro) n Russian: дели́мое (ru) n (delímoje) Serbo-Croatian: Roman: djeljenik (sh) m Slovak: delenec m Spanish: dividendo (es) m Swedish: dividend (sv) c Tagalog: hatiin Turkish: bölünen (tr) Ukrainian: ді́лене n (dílene)

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

Arabic: حِصَّة f (ḥiṣṣa) Armenian: շահաբաժին (hy) (šahabažin), դիվիդենտ (hy) (divident) Azerbaijani: dividend Basque: dibidendu Belarusian: дывідэ́нд m (dyvidénd) Bulgarian: дивиде́нт (bg) m (dividént) Catalan: dividend m Chinese: Mandarin: 股息 (zh) (gǔxī), 紅利 / 红利 (zh) (hónglì) Czech: dividenda (cs) f, podíl na zisku, poměrný díl ze zisku Danish: udbytte n Dutch: dividend (nl) n Esperanto: dividendo (eo) Estonian: dividend (et) Finnish: osinko (fi), (in bankruptcies) jako-osuus French: dividende (fr) m Georgian: დივიდენდი (dividendi) German: Dividende (de) f Greek: μέρισμα (el) n (mérisma) Hebrew: דִּיבִידֶנְד (he) m (dividend) Hindi: लाभांश m (lābhāñś) Hungarian: osztalék (hu) Icelandic: arður (is) m Indonesian: dividen (id) Italian: dividendo (it) m Japanese: 配当 (ja) (はいとう, haitō), 配当金 (ja) (はいとうきん, haitōkin) Kazakh: дивиденд (dividend) Korean: 배당금(配當金) (ko) (baedanggeum), 배당(配當) (ko) (baedang) Kyrgyz: дивиденд (dividend) Latvian: dividende f Lithuanian: dividendas m Macedonian: дивиде́нда f (dividénda) Malay: dividen Norwegian: Bokmål: utbytte (no) n Nynorsk: utbytte n, utbyte n Persian: سود سهام (sud-e sahâm) Polish: dywidenda (pl) f Portuguese: dividendo (pt) m Romanian: dividend (ro) n Russian: дивиде́нд (ru) m (dividénd) Serbo-Croatian: Roman: dividenda (sh) f Slovak: dividenda (sk) f Slovene: dividenda f Spanish: dividendo (es) m Swahili: gawio (sw) Swedish: utdelning (sv) c, (in Finland) dividend (sv) c, återbäring (sv) c Tajik: ҳаққи саҳм (haqq-i sahm), дивиденд (dividend) Tatar: дивиденд (diwidend) Thai: เงินปันผล (ngən-bpan-pǒn) Turkish: kâr payı (tr) Ukrainian: дивіде́нд m (dyvidénd) Uzbek: dividend (uz) Vietnamese: cổ tức (vi) Yiddish: דיווידענד m (dividend)

beneficial results from a metaphorical investment (of time, effort, etc.)

Bulgarian: дивидент (bg) m (divident) Czech: plody m pl Hungarian: haszon (hu), előny (hu), gyümölcs (hu)

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To pay out a dividend.
   • 1997, Shareholder Rights, Oppression and Good Faith, page 40:

     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 […]

   • 2007, Kevin K. Boeh, Paul W. Beamish, Mergers and Acquisitions: Text and Cases, page 324:

     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.

See also

Other terms used in arithmetic operations:

• successor
• addition, summation:

  (augend) + (addend) = (total)

  (summand) + (summand) + (summand)... = (sum)

• subtraction:

  (minuend) − (subtrahend) = (difference)

• multiplication, factorization:

  (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (product)

  (factor) × (factor) × (factor)... = (product)

• division:

  (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient)

  (numerator) / (denominator) = (quotient)

  Or sometimes = (quotient) with (remainder) remaining

• exponentiation:

  (base) ^(exponent) = (power)

• root extraction:

  ^(degree) √ (radicand) = (root)

• logarithmization:

  log_(base) (antilogarithm) = (logarithm)

Advanced hyperoperations: tetration, pentation, hexation

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [di.βiˈðen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [di.viˈðent]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Noun

dividend m (plural dividends)

1. (arithmetic) dividend
2. (finance) dividend

Related terms

• dividir

Further reading

• “dividend”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French dividende.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.viˈdend/

Noun

dividend n (plural dividende)

1. dividend

Declension

Declension of dividend

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	dividend	dividendul		dividende	dividendele
genitive-dative	dividend	dividendului		dividende	dividendelor
vocative	dividendule			dividendelor

Further reading

• “dividend”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Swedish

Noun

dividend c

1. (arithmetic) dividend
2. (finance, Finland) dividend

Declension

Declension of dividend

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	dividend	dividends
	definite	dividenden	dividendens
plural	indefinite	dividender	dividenders
	definite	dividenderna	dividendernas

Synonyms

• (finance): utdelning