dividendnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdɪv.ɪ.dend//ˈdɪv.ɪ.dənd/us/ˈdɪv.ə.dend//ˈdɪv.ə.dənd/(a part of) the profit of a company that is paid to the people who own shares in it:
Dividends will be sent to shareholders.
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- In addition to their salary, employees receive a profit-related dividend.
- All that extra training is paying dividends.
- When you consider how much money the company made, it could have paid its shareholders a much higher dividend.
- As director and principal shareholder, he receives a substantial annual dividend from the company.
- Disappointing profits mean that no dividend will be paid to shareholders this year.
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