Dividend

(noun.) a bonus; something extra (especially a share of a surplus).

(noun.) that part of the earnings of a corporation that is distributed to its shareholders; usually paid quarterly.

(noun.) a number to be divided by another number.

编辑:特伦斯

• They had, before this, gradually augmented their dividend from about six to ten per cent. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• For some years past, the bank dividend has been at five and a half per cent. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• As the daughter of an unlucky speculator, who had paid a very shabby dividend, Mr. Chopper had no great regard for Miss Sedley. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Reckoning the ordinary dividend of the bank of England at five and a-half per cent. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Another dividend? 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Up to that time we had never paid anything; but we got around to the point where the board declared a dividend every Saturday night. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The dividend of eleven per cent. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• The distress which these accumulated claims brought upon them, obliged them not only to reduce all at once their dividend to six per cent. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• I have not heard that any of them have called for their dividends yet. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Receipts from passengers were $272,589,591, and dividends paid were $94,937,526. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• She has let her house at Brighton and has spent her last half-year's dividends. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Here were two machines destined to be joined together, economizing space, enhancing economy, augmenting capacity, reducing investment, and increasing dividends. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Within its first year the capital was again increased to $1,000,000, and dividends of 10 per cent. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The discussion turned principally on two points: were rent, interest and dividends _earned_? 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• The company was able to pay large dividends, and the builders found that they could have made no better investment. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.

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