Definitions
Payment, share, or extra return.
Word origin
From Middle French dividende, from Latin dīvidendum (“thing to be divided”), future passive participle of dīvidō (“to divide”), by surface analysis, divide + -end.
Used in a sentence
“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...”
“In "42 ÷ 3" the dividend is the 42.”
“His 10,000 hours of practice and recitals eventually paid dividends when he become first-chair violinist.”
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01“Shareholder payout”8 letters
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