Thesaurus results for 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

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Recent Examples of dividends Gold doesn't produce income like dividends or interest, but its appeal lies in its ability to potentially maintain or increase value when real returns elsewhere are under pressure. —

Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026 Sportico does not count investment income, such as interest payments or dividends, but does include payouts from equity stakes athletes have sold. —

Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 8 Apr. 2026 The warehouse club is increasing its sales and traffic growth, maintaining competitive membership fees despite rivals like Sam's Club increasing theirs, and delivering strong earnings with potential special dividends over the next 18 months, analyst Greg Melich pointed out in a Thursday note. —

Sean Conlon,lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2026 Scout More Than You Hunt Preseason scouting pays rich dividends. —

Bruce Brady, Outdoor Life, 8 Apr. 2026 That open-mindedness has paid huge dividends with him in particular. —

Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026 Counted income includes Social Security benefits, pension payments, IRA payments, property income, alimony, dividends, salary and wages. —

Medora Lee, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2026 Today, countries with demographic dividends such as Vietnam, with 70% of the population ages 15-64, have the opportunity for impressive growth rates. —

John Rennie Short, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2026 But the Middle East that Russia spent two decades inserting itself into is being reshaped by forces Moscow can neither direct nor contain, and the long-term costs may outweigh the dividends. —

Joseph Epstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026

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To be sure, banks often make staffing decisions in the first quarter, around the time bonuses are due — and none of the executives this week linked their headcount reductions to AI.

— Bloomberg, Oc Register, 15 Apr. 2026
Bryson DeChambeau, Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka, Phil Mickelson and Cameron Smith all signed deals with bonuses of at least $100 million.

— Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 15 Apr. 2026