Dividends
['dɪvə,dɛnd]
Unserious Contents or Definition
A gambler's reward.
Editor: Nettie
Examples
- I have not heard that any of them have called for their dividends yet. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Receipts from passengers were $272,589,591, and dividends paid were $94,937,526. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- She has let her house at Brighton and has spent her last half-year's dividends. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Here were two machines destined to be joined together, economizing space, enhancing economy, augmenting capacity, reducing investment, and increasing dividends. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Within its first year the capital was again increased to $1,000,000, and dividends of 10 per cent. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The discussion turned principally on two points: were rent, interest and dividends _earned_? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The company was able to pay large dividends, and the builders found that they could have made no better investment. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
Editor: Nettie