Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dividend"
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) 1.7 (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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