Synonyms of dividends

dividends

noun

plural of dividend

as in bonuses

something given in addition to what is ordinarily expected or owed

the reward money was an unexpected dividend for our good deed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bonuses
• contributions
• gifts
• donations
• pensions
• perquisites
• perks
• tips
• rewards
• gratuities
• subsidies
• extras
• offerings
• premiums
• gravies
• presentations
• donatives
• gravy trains
• generosities
• bounties
• throw-ins
• grants
• benevolences
• windfalls
• cumshaws
• lagniappes
• benefactions
• prizes
• largesses
• awards
• presents
• charities
• philanthropies
• fringe benefits
• bestowals
• beneficences
• freebies
• giveaways
• boons
• icings
• mannas
• favors

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dividends

When interest rates are lower and bonds are paying less in yield, the dividends that many real-estate investment trusts pay look more attractive. — Stan Choe, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026

Yet investment spending has barely moved, stock buybacks are on course to fall, and dividends have stayed flat. — Tibor Besedeš, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2026

The Casual Drive Around town, the T/A+’s mild road manners play huge dividends. — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 12 Aug. 2026

While conventional brokerages process dividends through a slow, manual process, tokenized platforms can handle them automatically. — Malana Vantyler, jsonline.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Investors would finance the mining operations, while shareholders would ultimately receive dividends generated by resource extraction. — Rainer Zitelmann, Space.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Companies use it to invest back in the business, pay down debt, and return some of it to their investors through dividends and stock buybacks. — Zev Fima, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026

That could mean returning replacement shares or paying their current value, including dividends and other distributions that would have accrued. — Mark Lewyn, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2026

Profits distributed as dividends are first taxed at the corporate level when the income is received and then again at the individual tax level when dividends are paid to the shareholders. — Allbusiness, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026