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 Investors should focus on shares in companies with strong balance sheets that pay dividends, and maintain a balance of investment styles, said Angelo Kourkafas, senior global investment strategist at Edward Jones. —

John Towfighi, CNN Money, 18 May 2026 If Rodgers and the Steelers are going to raise their ceiling in Year 2, several offseason moves need to pay dividends. —

Mike Defabo, New York Times, 17 May 2026 But the reality is that study after study shows that attacking your opponent bears more political dividends than talking up your own campaign. —

May 17, CBS News, 17 May 2026 Winning the Central Division and earning the top seed in the Western Conference — something this group zeroed in on in large part because of that painful night in North Texas — has already paid clear dividends. —

Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 17 May 2026 Today’s fest leadership team — fest vets executive director Krystof Mucha and artistic director Karel Och — are part of a very rare and fortuitous organizational feat that provides the festival with continuity that pays dividends for filmmakers, film fans and sponsors. —

Steven Gaydos, Variety, 15 May 2026 River Forest senior Macario Ramirez’s perseverance is paying dividends. —

Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026 Horizon assistant coach Jack Sarnowski said the two meetings paid dividends. —

Bill Kemp, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2026 Given the sheer number of stocks offering dividends, identifying the right ones is not always straightforward. —

Tipranks.com Staff, CNBC, 10 May 2026

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The company’s board cited successful passage of Senate Bill 371, which lowered Uber’s accident liability for underinsured drivers, as a major reason for awarding two Uber executives annual bonuses of more than $1 million last year.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 13 May 2026
And, to be clear, none of the $625,000 in bonuses – which represent only a small fraction of the Estate's expenses for the period in question - were paid to the executors, and the court did not in any way say that the executors had made any inappropriate payments to themselves.

— Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026