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dividend
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[ˈdɪvɪd(ə)nd], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a sum of money paid regularly (typically annually) by a company to its shareholders out of its profits (or reserves)
- a number to be divided by another number
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Origin
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late 15th century (in the general sense ‘portion, share’): from Anglo-Norman French dividende, from Latin dividendum ‘something to be divided’, from the verb dividere (see divide)
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