dividend
noun
a number that is to be divided by a divisor.
dividends
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pluralof dividend.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The sector is attractively priced after a lackluster year, and offers healthy dividends and robust earnings growth.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
He argues that focusing on the "science of learning" paid dividends with England's move up international education rankings.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
That’s slightly higher than the long-term average: Going back to 1928, the S&P 500 has delivered a compounded price return of 6.4%, excluding dividends, Dow Jones Market Data showed.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026
Telstra, which remains Australia’s largest telco and pays hundreds of millions of dollars in annual shareholder dividends, has a market capitalization of more than US$37 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
But he did own it, and as a matter of fact drew most of his dividends from that source, so they were able to get three beds between the five of them.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
