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==English==

====Noun====
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# {{arithmetic}} A number or [[expression]] that is to be divided by another.
#: ''In "42 ÷ 3" the dividend is the 42.''
# {{finance}} A [[pro rata]] payment of money by a [[company]] to its [[shareholder]]s, usually made periodically (eg, [[quarterly]] or [[annually]]).

===Adjectives for Dividend===
illegitimate; substantial; reasonable; regular; generous.

===Verbs for Dividend===
advise of—; allot—; announce—; bear—; declare—; distribute—; draw—; invest—; mail—; obtain—; pay—; present—; promise—; report—; yield—; —s accrue; — suffice; — support; share in—. 

===Thesaurus===
[[profit]], [[profits]], [[proportion]], [[quantum]], [[quota]], [[rake-off]], [[ration]], [[receipt]], [[receipts]], [[receivables]], [[regular dividend]], [[remainder]], [[return]], [[returns]], [[revenue]], [[royalties]], [[royalty]], [[segment]], [[share]], [[slice]], [[small share]], [[something extra]], [[spare]], [[special dividend]], [[stake]], [[stock]], [[stock dividend]], [[store]], [[surplus]], [[surplusage]], [[take]], [[take-in]], [[takings]], [[tip]], [[unearned income]], [[wealth]], [[winnings]], [[yield]], [[accrued dividends]], [[accumulated dividends]], [[allotment]], [[allowance]], [[avails]], [[balance]], [[big end]], [[bigger half]], [[bit]], [[bite]], [[bonus]], [[box office]], [[budget]], [[capital gains]], [[carrot]], [[cash dividend]], [[chunk]], [[cleanup]], [[clear profit]], [[commission]], [[commissions]], [[contingent]], [[credit]], [[credits]], [[cumulative dividend]], [[cut]], [[deal]], [[destiny]], [[disposable income]], [[dividends]], [[dole]], [[earned income]], [[earnings]], [[end]], [[equal share]], [[extra]], [[extra dividend]], [[fate]], [[filthy lucre]], [[gain]], [[gains]], [[gate]], [[gate receipts]], [[get]], [[gettings]], [[gleanings]], [[gratuity]], [[gross]], [[gross income]], [[gross profit]], [[gross receipts]], [[guerdon]], [[half]], [[halver]], [[helping]], [[hoard]], [[income]], [[intake]], [[interest]], [[interim dividend]], [[killing]], [[lagniappe]], [[leftover]], [[lot]], [[lucre]], [[make]], [[makings]], [[margin]], [[measure]], [[meed]], [[melon]], [[mess]], [[modicum]], [[moiety]], [[neat profit]], [[net]], [[net income]], [[net profit]], [[net receipts]], [[optional dividend]], [[output]], [[overage]], [[overmeasure]], [[overplus]], [[overrun]], [[overset]], [[overstock]], [[oversupply]], [[paper profits]], [[part]], [[pelf]], [[percentage]], [[perk]], [[perks]], [[perquisite]], [[phony dividend]], [[pickings]], [[piece]], [[plum]], [[plus]], [[portion]], [[pourboire]], [[premium]], [[prize]], [[proceeds]], [[produce]], 

===Etymology===
From {{etyl|frm|en}} {{term|dividende||lang=frm}}, from {{etyl|la|en}} {{term|dividendum||lang=la|thing to be divided}}, gerund of {{term|divido||lang=la|to divide}}.

====Hyponyms====
* {{sense|finance: pro rata payment}} [[regular dividend]], [[special dividend]]

===See also===
* [[division]]: ([[dividend]]) ÷ ([[divisor]]) = ([[quotient]])
* [[numerator]]

==Translations==
{{trans-top|arithmetic: a number or expression}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|مقسوم|m|tr=maqsuum}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|делимо|n}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|被除數|sc=Hani}},  {{t|cmn|被除数|tr=bèichúshù|sc=Hani}}
* Czech: {{t-|cs|dělenec|m}}
* Dutch: {{t|nl|deeltal|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|jaettava}}
* French: {{t+|fr|dividende|m}}
* German: {{t-|de|Dividend|m}}
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* Greek: {{t+|el|διαιρετέος|m|tr=diairetéos}}
* Italian: {{t-|it|dividendo|m}}
* Japanese: [[被除数]] (hi josū)
* [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|деленик|m|tr=délenik}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|dzielna|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|dividendo|m}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|делимое|n|tr=delímoje}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|dividendo|m}}
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{{trans-top|finance: a payment of money by a company to its shareholders}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|حصة|f|tr=HiSSa}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|дивидент|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|股息|tr=gǔxī|sc=Hani}},  {{t|cmn|紅利|sc=Hani}},  {{t|cmn|红利|tr=hónglì|sc=Hani}}
* Czech: {{t-|cs|dividenda|f}}
* Dutch: {{t-|nl|dividend|n}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|dividend}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|osinko}}
* French: {{t+|fr|dividende|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Dividende|f}}
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* Greek: {{t+|el|μέρισμα|n|tr=mérisma}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|osztalék}}
* Italian: {{t-|it|dividendo|m}}
* Japanese: [[配当]] (haitō)
* Norwegian: {{t|no|utbytte }}
* Persian: {{fa-Arab|[[سود سهام]]}} (sūd-e sahām)
* Polish: {{t|pl|dywidenda|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|дивиденд|m|tr=dividénd}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|dividendo|m}}
* Swedish: [[utdelning]] {{c}}, [[återbäring]] {{c}}
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