dividend
noun
[ ˈdɪvɪdɛnd ]
• a sum of money paid regularly (typically annually) by a company to its shareholders out of its profits (or reserves).
• a number to be divided by another number.
Origin:
late 15th century (in the general sense ‘portion, share’): from Anglo-Norman French dividende, from Latin dividendum ‘something to be divided’, from the verb dividere (see divide).
