0 (a part of) the profit of a company that is paid to the people who own shares in it:
Dividends will be sent to shareholders.
1 a payment by a company of a part of its profit to the people who own shares (= units of ownership) in the company
2 part of the profit of a company that is paid to shareholders:
share/stock dividend You may have investment income that is paid yearly, such as share dividends.
announce/declare/propose a dividend In connection with this sale, the Board proposed a special dividend of 25.0 pence per share.
pay/produce/yield a dividend Shares paying high dividends are known as 'income stocks'.
receive/expect a dividend We anticipate receiving a substantial dividend on our holding.
omit/pass/suspend a dividend The company announced that it would be suspending its quarterly dividend in order to reduce debt.
This is an official document showing the amount of dividend that has been earned both before and after official deductions have been made (for example for tax).
3 a part of the profits of a life insurance company that is paid to people who have insurance with the company:
Policy dividends allow policyholders to participate in the financial performance of the life insurance operation.
In addition to their salary, employees receive a profit-related dividend.
When you consider how much money the company made, it could have paid its shareholders a much higher dividend.
As director and principal shareholder, he receives a substantial annual dividend from the company.
Disappointing profits mean that no dividend will be paid to shareholders this year.
After all, rational investors should adjust nominal returns to changes in inflation, in the dividend process and in the discount factor.
Let the timing be such that the agent receives the dividend and then trades the asset.
Until then heavy capital investment in scientific research had been mainly limited to state-corporate sponsorship of chemistry, where the practical dividends were very apparent.
