an amount of the profits that a company pays to people who own shares in the company 红利；股息；股利 Shareholders will receive an interim dividend payment of 50 cents a share. 股东将获得每股50分的中期股息。
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyc2, Businessc2During that time, dividends were cut or passed and there were plenty of closures. 在那个时候，不是削减股息就是决定不派发，很多公司倒闭了。 Investors will still pay tax on their foreign share dividends. 投资者仍要支付国外股息税。 The board has recommended a final dividend of 6 pence per share. 董事会建议派发末期股息，每股6 便士。 The company has not yet declared its dividends for this year. 公司还没有宣布派发今年的红利。 The dividend is up 10.6% to 11.3p. 股息提高了10.6%，到每股11.3 便士。 The dividend should jump to 5p. 股息应跃升到每股5 便士。 The dividend should rise to 5 cents. 红利应上升到每股 5 分。 The dividend stays at 0.5p. 股息保持在每股 0.5 便士。 The final dividend, payable on July 1, is reduced to 1p. 将于 7 月 1 日派发的末期红利降至每股 1 便士。 The fund has a dividend yield of 5.75%. 该基金有 5.75% 的红利收益。 The interim dividend is maintained at 2.5 cents per share. 中期股利保持在每股 2.5 分。 They have announced the quarterly dividend on the shares. 他们公布了股票的季度股利。 a method of valuing shares based on expected dividends 以预期股息衡量股票价值的方法
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
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great advantages or profits 有所收获；产生效益 Exercising regularly will pay dividends in the end 经常运动最终会对身体大有好处。 The chain's investment in new stores is bringing dividends in new customers. 连锁企业投资开设新店吸引了新顾客，带来了收益。 The company reaped rich dividends with its new strategy for packaging holidays. 公司推出包价旅游的新策略，带来了丰厚的收益。 Her hard work paid dividends when she won the school dancing competition. 她在校舞蹈比赛中胜出，她的努力得到了回报。
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a payment that is divided among a number of people, for example winners in the football pools or members of a cooperative （足球彩票的）彩金 - (
mathematics 数学 a number that is to be divided by another number 被除数
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the general sense ‘portion, share’): from Anglo-Norman French dividende, from Latin dividendum ‘something to be divided’, from the verb dividere ‘force apart, remove’.