dividend

noun

• 1a sum of money paid regularly (typically quarterly) by a company to its shareholders out of its profits (or reserves).
• a payment divided among a number of people, e.g., members of a cooperative or creditors of an insolvent estate.
• an individual’s share of a dividend.
• (dividends) a benefit from an action or policy:persistence pays dividendsSee also peace dividend.

• 2 Mathematics a number to be divided by another number.