dividend

dividend
[ˈdɪvɪdɛnd]
noun
  1. a sum of money paid regularly (typically annually) by a company to its shareholders out of its profits (or reserves)
    (多指年度)红利;分红;股利
    ■a payment divided among a number of people, e. g. winners in a football pool, members of a cooperative, or creditors of an insolvent estate
    几人(如足球彩票中彩者、公司成员或破产企业债权人)平分的钱款
    ■an individual's share of a dividend
    个人分红份额
    ■(dividends)a benefit from an action or policy
    回报,收益。 参见 peace dividend
    the club's youth policy would pay dividends in the future.
    该俱乐部年轻化政策的好处将来会体现出来。
  2. (Mathematics)a number to be divided by another number
    (数)被除数
语源
  1. late 15th cent. (in the general sense 'portion, share'): from Anglo-Norman French dividende, from Latin dividendum 'something to be divided', from the verb dividere (see divide)
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