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dividend

noun

A number or expression that is to be divided by another.

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

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The word "dividend" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to an "amount of money that a company gives to its shareholders from its profits". For example, "The company distributed a dividend of $2.50 to its shareholders."

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Banking analysts reckon that Standard Chartered needs to sort out its balance sheet, and could do so via a 30% cut in its dividend or a rights issue.

For example, a 10p dividend would generate him income of well over £30m, which would keep the wolf from the door".

The one surprise is that management has chosen not to roll the buyback into 2013 – instead the dividend rises 20% to 36.5p.

BAE is expected to receive up to £600m and shareholders hope it will be diverted towards them by way of a special dividend or share buyback.

It's not hard to guess one outcome of Sainsbury's deliberations: either capital expenditure or the dividend will have to be cut, and a hefty slice from both is the likely pragmatic course.

And with the revenue returned to households (whether by tax cuts or a straightforward monthly dividend), it can be a total win-win.

Operating profit for the year ending 31 December 2014 rose 14% to £3.2bn and the group increased its annual dividend by a bigger-than-expected 10% to 36.93p a share.

Jokanovic's tactical switch, bringing on the Hungarian Daniel Tozser in place of Ikechi Anya just before the half-hour mark, paid an instant dividend after Watford had not disturbed the Brighton goalkeeper David Stockdale.

The Scottish First Division is, financially, on another planet from the one Miller will be patrolling, that inhabited by Beckham, Bergkamp and Ken Bates's dividend payments.

After spending £500m and rising on the scandal, closing the once biggest-selling Sunday tabloid and dropping his bid for the whole of BSkyB, as it was then called, how will Murdoch spend his peace dividend now the war is just about over?

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