Home › Words › D › dividenddividend/ˈdɪvɪdɛnd/dividend means A cash payment of money by a company to its shareholders, usually made periodically (e.g., quarterly or annually).dividend is pronounced /ˈdɪvɪdɛnd/.EtymologyFrom Middle French dividende, from Latin dīvidendum (“thing to be divided”), future passive participle of dīvidō (“to divide”), by surface analysis, divide + -end.nounA cash payment of money by a company to its shareholders, usually made periodically (e.g., quarterly or annually).e.g.“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...” — 1861, Laws of Pennsylvania of the Session of 1861, page 511:A number or expression that is to be divided by another.e.g.“In "42 ÷ 3" the dividend is the 42.”Beneficial results from a metaphorical investment (of time, effort, etc.)e.g.“His 10,000 hours of practice and recitals eventually paid dividends when he become first-chair violinist.”verbTo pay out a dividend.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.divvie 68% match — A dividend. vs dividend →dividence 64% match — Division. vs dividend →divident 63% match — dividend; share vs dividend →divi 59% match — The dividend paid out by the Co-op vs dividend →divisor 50% match — In an expression involving division, the number by which another number is being divided. vs dividend →annuity 49% match — A right to receive amounts of money regularly over a certain fixed period, in perpetuity, or, especially, over the remaining life or lives of one or more beneficiaries. vs dividend →payout 49% match — An amount of money paid out. vs dividend →div 48% match — A function, implemented in many programming languages, that returns the result of a division of two integers. vs dividend →