Thesaurus results for DIVIDEND

dividend

noun

ˈdi-və-ˌdend

Definition of dividend

as in bonus

something given in addition to what is ordinarily expected or owed the reward money was an unexpected dividend for our good deed

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Recent Examples of dividend And in that time, dividends can be cut and stock prices can fall. — Catherine Brock, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 Banijay Group received €801M from the deal, including a payment of €625M from RedBird IMI and a €176M pre-closing dividend. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 28 July 2026 Across South Asia, leaders have long boasted about their demographic dividend. — Šumit Ganguly, NPR, 27 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for dividend

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The Knicks offered the BAA’s rookie max of $5,000, but in a bidding war between the competing leagues, the Nats offered a first-year salary of $7,000 plus a $500 bonus.

— Rob Peterson, New York Times, 26 July 2026
As a bonus Saturday, Daly provided a tent plus post-Mass snacks.

— Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026

Definition of bonus

Noun

Staff visit mothers in the hospital, bring small gifts to celebrate their new babies, conduct developmental screenings and connect families with evaluations or services when needed.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
The gift is the latest step in an aggressive national expansion that has the 153-year-old university opening a New York City campus this fall, planning a graduate campus in West Palm Beach, and building a quantum-computing institute in Chattanooga.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 23 July 2026

Definition of gift

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Their retirement plans and pensions are invested in Silicon Valley stocks that could drop; their small businesses are reliant on access to credit that might get throttled.

— Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026
But unlike the pension, it is not guaranteed to last for the rest of her life.

— Santul Nerkar, New York Times, 20 July 2026

Definition of pension

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The state ethics commission accused the Georgia Republican Assembly and its political action committee of failing to disclose more than $180,000 of contributions and other violations.

— David Wickert, AJC.com, 22 July 2026
Some billionaires have also pledged philanthropic contributions.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026

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