dividend

See also: Dividend

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French dividende, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin dividendum (“thing to be divided”), future passive participle of divido (“to divide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪvɪdɛnd/

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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).
3. (figuratively) Beneficial results from a metaphorical investment (of time, effort, etc.)

   His 10,000 hours of practice and recitals eventually paid dividends when he become first-chair violinist.

Hyponyms

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

Translations

arithmetic: a number or expression

• Arabic: مَقْسُوم m (maqsūm)
• Armenian: բաժանելի (hy) (bažaneli)
• Bulgarian: дели́мо (bg) n (delímo)
• Catalan: dividend m
• Cebuano: bahinon
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 被除數／被除数 (zh) (bèichúshù), 被除数 (zh) (bèichúshù)

• Czech: dělenec m
• Dutch: deeltal (nl) n
• Finnish: jaettava (fi)
• French: dividende (fr) m
• Georgian: გასაყოფი (gasaq̇opi)
• German: Dividend (de) m
• Greek: διαιρετέος (el) m (diairetéos)
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• Hungarian: osztandó (hu)
• Icelandic: deilistofn m
• Italian: dividendo (it) m
• Japanese: 被除数 (ひじょすう, hijosū)
• Korean: 피제수 (pijesu)
• Macedonian: деленик m (delenik)
• Polish: dzielna (pl) f
• Portuguese: dividendo (pt) m
• Romanian: deîmpărțit (ro) n
• Russian: дели́мое (ru) n (delímoje)
• Serbo-Croatian: djeljenik (sh) m
• Spanish: dividendo (es) m
• Swedish: dividend (sv) c
• Tagalog: hatiin
• Turkish: bölünen (tr)

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

• Arabic: حِصَّة f (ḥiṣṣa)
• Armenian: շահաբաժին (hy) (šahabažin)
• Basque: dibidendu
• Bulgarian: дивидент (bg) m (divident)
• Catalan: dividend m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 股息 (zh) (gǔxī), 紅利／红利 (zh) (hónglì), 红利 (zh) (hónglì)

• Czech: dividenda (cs) f
• Danish: udbytte 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) n (mérisma)
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• Hungarian: osztalék (hu)
• Icelandic: arður (is) m
• Italian: dividendo (it) m
• Japanese: 配当 (ja) (haitō)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: utbytte (no) n

  Nynorsk: utbytte n, utbyte n

• Persian: سود سهام (sūd-e sahām)
• Polish: dywidenda (pl) f
• Portuguese: dividendo (pt) m
• Russian: дивиде́нд (ru) m (dividénd)
• Serbo-Croatian: dividenda (sh) f
• Spanish: dividendo (es) m
• Swedish: utdelning (sv) c, (in Finland) dividend (sv) c, återbäring (sv) c
• Turkish: kâr payı (tr)
• Yiddish: דיווידענד m (dividend)

beneficial results from a metaphorical investment (of time, effort, etc.)

• Hungarian: haszon (hu), előny (hu), gyümölcs (hu)
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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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Catalan

Noun

dividend m (plural dividends)

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

Related terms

• dividir

Further reading

• “dividend” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Swedish

Noun

dividend c

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

Declension

Declension of dividend
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	dividend	dividenden	dividender	dividenderna
Genitive	dividends	dividendens	dividenders	dividendernas

Synonyms

• (finance): utdelning