/ ˈdɪvɪdend; NAmE / noun
1.
an amount of the profits that a company pays to people who own shares in the company :
dividend payments of 50 cents a share
2.
( BrE ) a money prize that is given to winners in the football pools
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IDIOMS
see pay verb
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WORD ORIGIN
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 force apart, remove.