Dividend : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Dividend	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Dividend
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dividend n that part of the earnings of a corporation that is distributed to its shareholders; usually paid quarterly a number to be divided by another number a bonus; something extra (especially a share of a surplus)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dividend \Div"idend\, 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.