dividend
n
1 (commerce 商) share of profits paid to share-holders in a company, or to winners in a football pool (付给股票持有者的)股息, 红利; (付给足球赛打赌赢家的)彩金
declare a dividend, ie state what proportion of profits are to be divided among share-holders 宣布发放股息
an annual dividend of 8% 年度股息8%.
2 (mathematics 数) number that is to be divided by another 被除数. Cf 参看 divisor.
3 (idm 习语) pay dividends => pay2.