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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dividend n 1: that part of the earnings of a corporation that is distributed to its shareholders; usually paid quarterly 2: a number to be divided by another number 3: a bonus; something extra (especially a share of a surplus)
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