dividend
[noun]
Synonyms: bonus, cut (informal), divvy (informal), extra, gain, plus, portion, share, surplus

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English Thesaurus: profit, earnings, return, turnover, takings, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

div‧i‧dend /ˈdɪvədənd, ˈdɪvɪdənd, -dend/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: dividendum 'thing to be divided', from dividere; ⇒ divide¹]

1. a part of a company’s profit that is divided among the people with shares in the company

2. British English prize money offered in a national competition called the football pools which people can win by correctly guessing the results of football games

3. technical a number that is to be divided by another number

4. pay/bring dividends to be very useful and bring a lot of advantages, especially later in the future:
Good eating habits will pay dividends later on in life.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

dividend
noun
I. payment on a company share
ADJ. high | 10%, etc. | fixed | increased | gross, total | net | expected a method of valuing shares based on expected dividends
annual, quarterly | interim | final | company | share Investors will still pay tax on their foreign share dividends.
cash
VERB + DIVIDEND pay | receive | announce, declare The company has not yet declared its dividends for this year.
recommend The board has recommended a final dividend of 6 pence per share.
boost, increase, lift, raise | hold, maintain The interim dividend is maintained at 2.5 cents per share.
cut, reduce, slash | pass During that time, dividends were cut or passed (= not paid) and there were plenty of closures.
DIVIDEND + VERB be up The dividend is up 10.6% to 11.3p.
go up, grow, jump, rise The dividend should jump to 5p.
stay The dividend stays at 0.5p.
be payable The final dividend, payable on July 1, is reduced to 1p.
DIVIDEND + NOUN payment, payout | growth, increase | cut | income, total, yield | policy
PREP. ~ on They have announced the quarterly dividend on the shares.
PHRASES an increase in a dividend

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

dividend
II. benefit/reward
ADJ. considerable, enormous, great, handsome, rich | economic
VERB + DIVIDEND bring, pay, produce, reap, yield Her hard work paid dividends when she won the school dancing competition. The company reaped rich dividends with its new strategy for packaging holidays.
PREP. ~ in The chain's investment in new stores is bringing dividends in new customers.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

profit money that you gain by selling things or doing business, after your costs have been paid:
Our profits are down this year.
The big oil companies have made enormous profits following the rise in oil prices.
earnings the profit that a company makes:
The company said it expected fourth-quarter earnings to be lower than last year’s results.
Pre-tax earnings have grown from $6.3 million to $9.4 million.
return the profit that you get from an investment:
You should get a good return on your investment.
We didn’t get much of a return on our money.
They’re promising high returns on investments of over $100,000.
turnover the amount of business done during a particular period:
The illicit drugs industry has an annual turnover of some £200 bn.
takings the money that a business, shop etc gets from selling its goods in a day, week, month etc:
He counted the night’s takings.
This week’s takings are up on last week’s.
interest money paid to you by a bank or other financial institution when you keep money in an account there:
They are offering a high rate of interest on deposits of over £3000.
The money is still earning interest in your account.
dividend a part of a company’s profit that is divided among the people who have shares in the company:
Shareholders will receive a dividend of 10p for each share.
The company said it will pay shareholders a final dividend of 700 cents a share.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

return to go back or come back to a place where you were before. Return sounds more formal than go back or come back, and is more commonly used in written English:
She returned to the hotel hoping to find a message.
Alastair returned from the office late that night.
On Friday, I returned home around six o'clock.
go back to go to the place where you were before, or to the place where you usually live:
It’s cold out here – shall we go back inside?
When are you going back to Japan?
go home to go to your home again, or to the country where you were born, after you have been away from it:
I did a bit of shopping and then went home.
Are you going home to Hong Kong when the course finishes?
come back to come to the place where you are again, after going away from it:
I’ll be away for two days – coming back on Thursday night.
He’s just come back from a vacation in Miami.
get back to arrive somewhere where you were before, especially your home or the place where you are staying:
We got back at about 9 o'clock.
She couldn’t wait to get back to London.
turn back to turn around and go back in the direction you came from:
We took the wrong road and had to turn back.
He ordered the soldiers to turn back and march south.
profit money that you gain by selling things or doing business, after your costs have been paid:
Our profits are down this year.
The big oil companies have made enormous profits following the rise in oil prices.
earnings the profit that a company makes:
The company said it expected fourth-quarter earnings to be lower than last year’s results.
Pre-tax earnings have grown from $6.3 million to $9.4 million.
turnover the amount of business done during a particular period:
The illicit drugs industry has an annual turnover of some £200 bn.
takings the money that a business, shop etc gets from selling its goods in a day, week, month etc:
He counted the night’s takings.
This week’s takings are up on last week’s.
interest money paid to you by a bank or other financial institution when you keep money in an account there:
They are offering a high rate of interest on deposits of over £3000.
The money is still earning interest in your account.
dividend a part of a company’s profit that is divided among the people who have shares in the company:
Shareholders will receive a dividend of 10p for each share.
The company said it will pay shareholders a final dividend of 700 cents a share.

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