Dividend
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Meaning of Dividend
A fund which is to be divided. A number or quantity which is to be divided by another. A sum of money to be divided among a number of persons especially the total sum payable as interest on a loan, or the profit of a joint stock company divided periodically among the holders. Also, the sum divided among the creditors of an insolvent estate. See In re Luken's Estate, 246 F.2d 403.
Dividend Alternative Definition
A portion of the principal or profits divided among several owners of a thing. The term is usually applied to the division of the profits arising out of bank or other stodts, or to the division among the creditors of the effects of an insolvent estate. In another sense, according to some old authorities, it signifies one part of an indenture. A corporate profit set aside, declared and ordered by the directors to be paid to the stockholders on demand or at a fixed time. 20S 111. 818. A cash dividend is a disbursement to the stockholder of accumulated earnings, and the corporation at once parts irrevocably with all interest therein. But a stock dividend involves no disbursement by the corporation. It parts with nothing, and the stockholder receives merely certificates of stock which evidence, with his former shares, his interest in the entire capital. Stock dividends represent an addition from accrued earnings to the capital of the company; but they do not represent income, but merely additions to the source of income. Hale, Private Corporations, 227.
Financial Definition of Dividend
A dividend is a portion of a company's profit paid to common and preferred shareholders. A stock selling for $20 a share with an annual dividend of $1 a share yields the investor 5%.
Legal Definition of Dividend
The payment designated by the board of directors to be distributed pro rata among the shares outstanding. On preferred shares, it is generally a fixed amount. On common shares, the dividend varies with the fortunes of the company and the amount of cash on hand, and may be omitted if business is poor or the directors determine to withhold earnings to invest in plant and equipment. Sometimes a company will pay a dividend out of past earnings even if it is not currently operating at a profit.
Synonyms of Dividend
noun
advantage
allotment
benefit
distribution of earnings
distribution of profits
gain
increment
interest
net profit
profit
return
share
Associated Concepts: cumulative dividends
dividend accumulations
dividend additions
dividend earned or declared
dividend in liquidation
dividend in scrip
dividend payable in stock
dividendpaying corporation
dividends paid
guaranteed dividends
life insurance dividend
liquidation dividend
participating dividend
preferential dividend
preferred dividend
regular dividend
stock dividend
taxable dividend
unauthorized dividends
unpaid dividends
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English Legal System: Dividend
In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Dividend:
A payment declared either by the directors of a company (interim dividend) or at the *annual general meeting (final dividend) as being payable to shareholders from profits available for distributio The payment is determined by reference to the terms of the *share contract; it is an agreed fixed rate for preference shares but will vary with the fortunes of the company for the holders of ordinary shares.
Cash Dividend Definition (in the Accounting Vocabulary)
The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants offers the following definition of Cash Dividend in a way that is easy for anybody to understand: Distribution of a CORPORATION's earnings to stockholders in the form of CASH.
Concept of Dividend in the context of Real Property
A short definition of Dividend: A dividing into shares of a fund of money or property for distribution, as among shareholders of a corporation. The money or property distributed is the dividend.
Concept of Dividend in the context of Real Property
A short definition of Dividend: A dividing into shares of a fund of money or property for distribution, as among shareholders of a corporation. The money or property distributed is the dividend.
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Online translation of the English legal term dividend into Spanish: dividendos (English to Spanish translation). More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online.
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