" dividends "

[Noun]  | "div*i*dend" | \ ˈdi-və-ˌdend \

1: an individual share of something distributed: such as

2: a share in a pro rata distribution (as of profits) to stockholders

3: a share of surplus allocated to a policyholder in a participating insurance policy

Origin: 15th century ;

 Middle English divident, from Latin dividendus, gerundive of dividere see: {divide:1 };

[Noun]  | "stock dividend" 

1: the payment by a corporation of a dividend in the form of shares usually of its own stock without change in par value

2: the stock distributed in a stock dividend

Origin: circa 1902 ;

[Idiom]  | "pay dividends" 

1: to directly benefit someone for something he or she has done

[Noun]  | "dividends" 

[Noun]  | "dividend"