dividend

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A cash payment of money by a company to its shareholders, usually made periodically (e.g., quarterly or annually).
    — On all dividends which do not exceed six per centum per annum, eight per centum; on dividends exceeding six per centum and not exceeding seven per centum, a tax of nine per centum...
  2. A number or expression that is to be divided by another.
    — In "42 ÷ 3" the dividend is the 42.
  3. Beneficial results from a metaphorical investment (of time, effort, etc.) figuratively
    — His 10,000 hours of practice and recitals eventually paid dividends when he become first-chair violinist.
动词 v.
  1. To pay out a dividend. transitive
    — He held instead that the words "sell or otherwise dispose of" in Clause 2 of the Shareholders' Agreement prevented the dividending of the shares in Hawker Holdings to the shareholders of Hawker Siddeley […]

词形变化

dividends plural dividends present,singular,third-person dividending participle,present dividended participle,past dividended past

词源

词源 1
From Middle French dividende, from Latin dīvidendum (“thing to be divided”), future passive participle of dīvidō (“to divide”), by surface analysis, divide + -end.
词源 2
From Middle French dividende, from Latin dīvidendum (“thing to be divided”), future passive participle of dīvidō (“to divide”), by surface analysis, divide + -end.
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