dividend

«dividend» in Mova's school dictionary: The number being divided in a division sum: in 12 ÷ 3 =… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a dividend, dividends)

meaning for a pupil

1) (maths) The number being divided in a division sum: in 12 ÷ 3 = 4, the dividend is 12. tree →

2) (money) A share of a company's profit paid to people who own shares in it. tree →

3) A benefit or reward that comes later from something you did, as in «pay dividends». tree →

sense in the lessons

In school maths, dividend ÷ divisor = quotient: the dividend is the number you start with. In money lessons, shareholders receive dividends. In everyday talk, «hard work will pay dividends» means it will bring good results later. Phrases: «pay dividends», «dividend ÷ divisor = quotient».

examples

• In 20 ÷ 5 = 4, the dividend is 20. tree →
• Write the dividend inside the bus-stop division box. tree →
• The company paid a dividend to its shareholders. tree →
• Grandma gets a small dividend every year from her shares. tree →
• Practising spelling will pay dividends in the test. tree →
• If the dividend is 0, the answer is 0. tree →

note

Countable. In maths: dividend = divisor × quotient + remainder. Trap: do not mix up dividend (the number divided) and divisor (the number you divide by). «Pay dividends» is an idiom meaning bring benefits.

In the corpora

• The liar's dividend means people use the existence of fakes to deny things that really happened.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «dividend» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.