dividend

Quarterly stock earnings

A dividend is a sum of money paid regularly by a company to its shareholders from profits: The stock pays a quarterly dividend.

In arithmetic, a dividend is the number being divided by another.

Figuratively, a dividend is a benefit or bonus: Regular exercise pays dividends in energy and mood.

benefit

reward

Payment for service

  • bonusReward beyond expectation
  • advantageFavorable position or circumstance
  • gainPositive return received

windfall · boon · perk · profit · surplus · prosperity · payoff · returns · upside · fringe

investment

portfolio

Collected works or assets

  • stocksOwnership stakes or inventory
  • equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
  • securitiesTradeable financial assets

shares · capital · growth · compound · interest · retirement · savings · fund · market · investor

income

taxable

Subject to government levy

interest · royalties · annuities · gross · net · recurring · stream · unearned · qualified · ordinary

payout

distribution

Allocation across recipients

annual · interim · special · cash · declared · payable · issuance · proceeds · remittance · disbursing

shareholder

stockholder

Owner of company shares

  • equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
  • ownershipLegal right of possession
  • stakeSharpened post or share

entitlement · voting · preferred · common · class · rights · beneficiary · investor · holder · registrar

yield

percentage

Proportion out of hundred

APY · current · trailing · forward · aristocrat · king

Categories
Opposites
financial return type

dividendcapital gains

Profit from asset sales

stock buyback · retained earnings · interest · royalty · rental income

financial outcome valence

dividendloss

Being without something

deficit · debt · write-off · impairment · depreciation

cash flow direction

dividendexpenditure

Money paid out

assessment · stock purchase · reinvestment · levy · debt

Phrases
Family

divide, divided, divider, divides, dividends, subdivide, dividers, subdivider

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