dividend B2 Topic:Money & Finance US /ˈdɪvɪdɛnd/ UK /ˈdɪvɪdend/ See IPA manual Freq #38827 Meanings 1 noun a payment made by a company to its shareholders from profits The company raised its quarterly dividend after a strong year. 2 noun a useful result or reward from an investment of time, effort, or money Years of practice paid dividends when she auditioned. 3 noun the number that is to be divided by another number In 42 divided by 3, 42 is the dividend. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a payment made by a company... payoutdistribution 2 noun · a useful result or reward... benefitreturnpayoff 3 noun · the number that is to be... number to be divided ↔ Opposites losscost Word family Forms dividends Derived forms dividendsdividendlesspredividend Related forms dividedivision Common collocations dividend warrant Noun + noun Etymology From Middle French dividende, from Latin dividendum (thing to be divided), the future passive participle of dividere (to divide). Topics Money & Finance External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # dividend **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈdɪvɪdɛnd/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈdɪvɪdend/ **Frequency rank:** 38827 ## Meanings 1. a payment made by a company to its shareholders from profits 2. a useful result or reward from an investment of time, effort, or money 3. the number that is to be divided by another number ## Examples - The company raised its quarterly dividend after a strong year. - Years of practice paid dividends when she auditioned. - In 42 divided by 3, 42 is the dividend. ## Synonyms - payout - distribution - return - benefit - payoff ## Antonyms - loss - cost ## Derived Forms - dividends - dividendless - predividend ## Related Forms - divide - division ## Etymology From Middle French dividende, from Latin dividendum (thing to be divided), the future passive participle of dividere (to divide). ## Topics - Money & Finance markdown