dividend
Pronunciation: /ˈdɪvɪdɛnd/
noun
- 1a sum of money paid regularly (typically annually) by a company to its shareholders out of its profits (or reserves).
- a payment divided among a number of people, e.g. winners in a football pool or members of a cooperative.
- an individual’s share of a dividend.
- (dividends) a benefit from an action or policy: buying a rail pass may still pay dividends
Origin:
late 15th century (in the general sense 'portion, share'): from Anglo-Norman French dividende, from Latin dividendum 'something to be divided', from the verb dividere (see divide)