dividend

English

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Etymology

From Middle French dividende, from Latin dividendum (“thing to be divided”), future passive participle of divido (“to divide”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈdɪvɪdɛnd/

Noun

dividend (plural dividends)

1. (arithmetic) A number or expression that is to be divided by another.

   In "42 ÷ 3" the dividend is the 42.

2. (finance) A pro rata payment of money by a company to its shareholders, usually made periodically (eg, quarterly or annually).

Hyponyms

• (finance: pro rata payment): regular dividend, special dividend

Translations

arithmetic: a number or expression

• Arabic: مقسوم (ar) (maqsūm) m
• Bulgarian: делимо (bg) (delímo) n
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 被除數 (cmn), 被除数 (cmn) (bèichúshù)

• Czech: dělenec (cs) m
• Dutch: deeltal (nl) n
• Finnish: osinko (fi)
• French: dividende (fr) m
• German: Dividend (de) m
• Greek: διαιρετέος (el) (diairetéos) m

• Icelandic: deilistofn (is) m
• Italian: dividendo (it) m
• Japanese: 被除数 (ja) (ひじょすう, hijosū)
• Korean: 피제수 (ko) (pijesu)
• Macedonian: деленик (mk) (délenik) m
• Polish: dzielna (pl) f
• Portuguese: dividendo (pt) m
• Russian: делимое (ru) (delímoje) n
• Spanish: dividendo (es) m
• Swedish: dividend (sv) c

finance: a payment of money by a company to its shareholders

• Arabic: حصة (ar) (HiSSa) f
• Bulgarian: дивидент (bg) (divident) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 股息 (cmn) (gǔxī), 紅利 (cmn), 红利 (cmn) (hónglì)

• Czech: dividenda (cs) f
• Danish: udbytte (da) n
• Dutch: dividend (nl) n
• Esperanto: dividendo (eo)
• Estonian: dividend (et)
• Finnish: osinko (fi)
• French: dividende (fr) m
• German: Dividende (de) f

• Greek: μέρισμα (el) (mérisma) n
• Hungarian: osztalék (hu)
• Italian: dividendo (it) m
• Japanese: 配当 (haitō)
• Norwegian: utbytte (no)
• Persian: سود سهام (sūd-e sahām)
• Polish: dywidenda (pl) f
• Portuguese: dividendo (pt) m
• Russian: дивиденд (ru) (dividénd) m
• Spanish: dividendo (es) m
• Swedish: utdelning (sv) c, (in Finland) dividend (sv) c, återbäring c
• Turkish: kâr payı (tr)

See also

• addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) × (summand) = (sum, total)
• subtraction: (minuend) − (subtrahend) = (difference)
• multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product)
• division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend
• numerator

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Swedish

Noun

dividend c

1. (arithmetic) dividend
2. (finance, Finland) dividend

Declension

Declension of dividend

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dividend	dividenden	dividender	dividenderna
genitive	dividends	dividendens	dividenders	dividendernas

Synonyms

• (finance): utdelning