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Webster 1913 Edition

Dividend

Div′i-dend

,
Noun.
[L.
dividendum
thing to be divided, neut. of the gerundive of
dividere
: cf. F.
dividende
.]
1.
A sum of money to be divided and distributed; the share of a sum divided that falls to each individual; a distribute sum, share, or percentage; – applied to the profits as appropriated among shareholders, and to assets as apportioned among creditors;
as, the
dividend
of a bank, a railway corporation, or a bankrupt estate
.
2.
(Math.)
A number or quantity which is to be divided.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dividend

DIVIDEND

,
Noun.
1.
A part or share; particularly, the share of the interest or profit of stock in trade or other employment, which belongs to each proprietor according to his proportion of the stock or capital.
2.
In arithmetic, the number to be divided into equal parts.

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