DIVIDEND

dividend. Dividend, n. a share, part, number to be divided

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Div″i‐dend (?), n. [[L. dividendum thing to be divided, neut. of the gerundive of dividere: cf. F. dividende.]] 1. 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. 2. (Math.) A number or quantity which is to be divided.