Definitions for dividends
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1. dividends

   A dividend is a distribution of profits by a corporation to its shareholders. When a corporation earns a profit or surplus, it is able to pay a portion of the profit as a dividend to shareholders. Any amount not distributed is taken to be re-invested in the business (called retained earnings). The current year profit as well as the retained earnings of previous years are available for distribution; a corporation is usually prohibited from paying a dividend out of its capital. Distribution to shareholders may be in cash (usually a deposit into a bank account) or, if the corporation has a dividend reinvestment plan, the amount can be paid by the issue of further shares or by share repurchase. In some cases, the distribution may be of assets. The dividend received by a shareholder is income of the shareholder and may be subject to income tax (see dividend tax). The tax treatment of this income varies considerably between jurisdictions. The corporation does not receive a tax deduction for the dividends it pays.A dividend is allocated as a fixed amount per share, with shareholders receiving a dividend in proportion to their shareholding. Dividends can provide stable income and raise morale among shareholders. For the joint-stock company, paying dividends is not an expense; rather, it is the division of after-tax profits among shareholders. Retained earnings (profits that have not been distributed as dividends) are shown in the shareholders' equity section on the company's balance sheet – the same as its issued share capital. Public companies usually pay dividends on a fixed schedule, but may declare a dividend at any time, sometimes called a special dividend to distinguish it from the fixed schedule dividends. Cooperatives, on the other hand, allocate dividends according to members' activity, so their dividends are often considered to be a pre-tax expense. The word "dividend" comes from the Latin word dividendum ("thing to be divided").

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of dividends in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of dividends in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of dividends in a Sentence

1. Paul Dergarabedian:

   It should never be about just one type of movie, that used to be the thing about summer, it was about drawing in the 18 - to 24-year-olds with superhero movies and action movies. In todays world, summer offers a much more eclectic and diverse mix and thats paying dividends for Hollywood.

2. Ro Khanna:

   This bill will create thousands of jobs across the country and has strong guardrails in place to ensure the funds go directly towards opening factories in the U.S, not stock buybacks or payments of dividends.

3. Patrick Murray:

   Marco Rubio’s standout performance … seems to have paid dividends in a contest that was supposed to be dominated by his former mentor Jeb Bush.

4. Gabriel Collins:

   For the price of a single drone or fighter jet you could establish multiple university branches, and you would still have the funds to support those over the long haul, it's not an instant payoff for someone who has the impatience of some of our current administration, but if we took a root cause strategy, 10 years from now there would be enormous dividends from that.

5. Robert Yi:

   Dividends and other forms of shareholder returns are responsibilities that the company has for shareholders, so we will make efforts to meet them. But our primary objective is growth and that is what we are communicating to our shareholders.

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1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dividends