declare a dividend Definition

dividend
noun

1. A portion of a company's profits paid to a shareholder.

Thesaurus: surplus, extra, bonus, gratuity, gain, share, cut, portion.
2. A benefit.

Example: Meeting her would pay dividends
3. math.
A number divided by another number.

Idiom: declare a dividend

To announce the sum per cent a trading concern is prepared to pay its shareholders.

Etymology: 15c: from Latin dividendum what is to be divided.