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
These everyday opportunities pay great dividends back to our municipality.
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Gian Carlo Pedulla, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2026
Kaegi reported between $77,000 and $90,000 in annual dividends, along with capital gains of $680,000 in 2021, $590,000 in 2022, $109,000 in 2023 and more than $1 million in 2024.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
Long-term dividend investors might take a closer look at the company.
—The Motley Fool, Dallas Morning News, 4 Jan. 2026
The disappointing 2024 season led to coaching changes that have paid immediate dividends, with the Bears, Patriots and Jaguars all clinching playoff berths this week in the first year of the new regimes.
—CBS News, 25 Dec. 2025
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Gian Carlo Pedulla, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2026
Kaegi reported between $77,000 and $90,000 in annual dividends, along with capital gains of $680,000 in 2021, $590,000 in 2022, $109,000 in 2023 and more than $1 million in 2024.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
Long-term dividend investors might take a closer look at the company.
—The Motley Fool, Dallas Morning News, 4 Jan. 2026
The disappointing 2024 season led to coaching changes that have paid immediate dividends, with the Bears, Patriots and Jaguars all clinching playoff berths this week in the first year of the new regimes.
—CBS News, 25 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dividend
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To replenish its forces and keep up the pressure on Kyiv, Moscow is offering cash bonuses, freeing convicts from prison and luring foreigners to its army.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Jan. 2026
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Everyone received a sizable bonus.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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South Korea’s anti-graft law bans public officials and their spouses from receiving gifts valued at more than $750 in connection with their public duties.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
28 Jan. 2026
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One of Kossoff’s charcoal drawings of Christ Church hangs in the living room of the writer Iain Sinclair’s house in Hackney, a gift from the artist.—
Hari Kunzru,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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In an industry whose lifeblood is fresh capital, there are simply too many funds and not enough dollars in pensions, endowments and other institutions to satisfy all of them.—
Hank Tucker,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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State jobs offer competitive benefits and access to the nation’s largest public pension system.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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This has a better chance of safeguarding the duty‑free retail model and ensuring policymakers understand the channel’s economic contribution.—
Kevin Rozario,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Which means Google is on the hook for precisely zero dollars — though any contribution at all is subject to the company’s goodwill.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Dividend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dividend. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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