dividend

  • 21dividend — / dɪvɪdend/ noun a percentage of profits paid to shareholders ♦ to raise or increase the dividend to pay out a higher dividend than in the previous year ♦ to maintain the dividend to keep the same dividend as in the previous year ♦ to omit or… …

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  • 22dividend — 1) The distribution of part of the earnings of a company to its shareholders. The dividend is normally expressed as an amount per share on the par value of the share. Thus a 15% dividend on a £1 share will pay 15p. However, investors are usually… …

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  • 23dividend — Synonyms and related words: accrued dividends, accumulated dividends, allotment, allowance, avails, balance, big end, bigger half, bit, bite, bonus, box office, budget, capital gains, carrot, cash dividend, chunk, cleanup, clear profit,… …

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  • 24dividend — A gain or profit. Hellmich v Hellman (CA8 Me) 18 F2d 239. A division into shares; one of such shares. A payment made by a corporation to its stockholders out of surplus earnings and under authority of a resolution by the board of directors which… …

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  • 25Dividend — 1. A distribution of a portion of a company s earnings, decided by the board of directors, to a class of its shareholders. The dividend is most often quoted in terms of the dollar amount each share receives (dividends per share). It can also be… …

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  • 26dividend — n. sum divided among stockholders 1) to declare a dividend 2) (also fig.) to pay a dividend 3) a stock dividend * * * [ dɪvɪdend] (also fig.) to pay a dividend [ sum divided among stockholders ] to declare a dividend a stock dividend …

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  • 27dividend — n. 1 a a sum of money to be divided among a number of persons, esp. that paid by a company to shareholders. b a similar sum payable to winners in a football pool, to members of a cooperative, or to creditors of an insolvent estate. c an… …

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  • 28dividend — [[t]dɪ̱vɪdend[/t]] ♦♦♦ dividends 1) N COUNT A dividend is the part of a company s profits which is paid to people who have shares in the company. The first quarter dividend has been increased by nearly 4 per cent. 2) PHRASE: V inflects If… …

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  • 29dividend —    A portion of a corporation s profits distributed to its shareholders on the basis of the number and type of shares they own. Dividends are not always paid in money, but can be paid in shares, known as a stock dividend. The amount of a dividend …

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  • 30Dividend — 20:4 = 5 Die Division ist eine der vier Grundrechenarten der Arithmetik. Sie ist die Umkehroperation der Multiplikation. Die Division wird umgangssprachlich auch als Teilen bezeichnet. Die schriftliche Division ist die Methode des Teilens mit… …

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