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dividend

(dɪvɪdend )

Word forms: dividends

1. countable noun

A dividend is the part of a company's profits which is paid to people who have shares in the company. [business]

The first quarter dividend has been increased by nearly 4 per cent.

Synonyms: bonus, share, return, cut [informal]

2. to pay dividends phrase

If something pays dividends, it brings advantages at a later date.

Steps taken now to maximise your health will pay dividends later on.

3. See also peace dividend

Collocations:

attractive dividend

The stock also has an attractive dividend yield of 5.4%.

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Commendably, management will prioritise the use of cash to pay an attractive dividend that will grow steadily.

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A policy of distributing all excess cash to shareholders also provides an attractive dividend yield.

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Last year, the group produced adjusted free cash flow of €24 million, up €3 million on the previous year, pointing to a potentially attractive dividend yield.

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It uses the guaranteed income to pay an attractive dividend to investors, approaching half of which are retail ones.

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axe the dividend

They cut wages and axed dividends last year after a dip in profits.

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The dividend was axed last year to pay down debt.

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The company is axing the dividend and will reinvest the money saved on its own reductions.

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bumper dividend

The company could relaunch its bumper dividend in February in a huge boost for savers.

The Sun (2010)

Investors have benefited from bumper dividends in recent years.

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As profits rise, shareholders enjoy bumper dividends.

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cash dividend

A common stock will pay a cash dividend of $4 next year.

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The capital loss borne by the old shareholders just offsets the extra cash dividend they receive.

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The company is to pay its first cash dividend.

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company dividends

Company dividends are expected to fall in value by 22 per cent overall this year - the biggest setback since the 1930s.

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Executive directors here, generally speaking, tend to own bigger stakes in their businesses and usually rely on company dividends more than their large cap brethren.

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In particular, the government said it would not go ahead with the basic plan for exemption from taxation of all foreign company dividends.

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They are likely to say they plan to raise more than 1bn by lifting the 25% tax on company dividends closer to the higher rate of income tax, currently 40%.

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However, the trustees could pay this annually over 10 years, out of the company dividends.

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cut the dividends

Perhaps the companies could cut the dividends and use the money to repair the pipes.

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Investors would rather see the dividend cut than capital put at risk.

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That is why he has cut the dividend to conserve cash.

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dividend flow

But the stock's defensive qualities, and that potential dividend flow, have their attractions.

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So, given no market cataclysm, that dividend flow should continue.

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For now, the dividend flow from the three quoted companies looks safe enough.

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First, it should need the dividend flow from the joint venture to fund that payment to its own shareholders.

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Reinstating the payout would boost demand for the shares from pension investors and income funds, which need consistent dividend flow to match their liabilities.

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dividend payer

Yet it has been a consistent performer and, at 15p last year, a reliable dividend payer.

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At the same time, they may yet win out over the longer term and in the meantime are generous dividend payers.

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The best dividend payers among stock market listed companies offer much more generous incomes.

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The move from what was once one of the largest dividend payers was welcomed by investors.

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The companies in the portfolio are also regular dividend payers.

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dividend payment

The dividend payment has been used to pay down an intracompany loan.

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The first dividend payment would be scheduled to be paid two years after the new company begins operation.

Christianity Today (2000)

The company maintained its quarterly dividend payment of 10 cents per ordinary share.

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dividend payout

Tenon planned to charge a fee of 6 per cent of the dividend payout for introducing the scheme to clients, the documents disclosed.

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Profits of 15m last year on sales of 28m led to a dividend payout of 8.6m.

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There was also disagreement over a planned $1.8 billion (900m) dividend payout.

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It had ditched its dividend payout as a result.

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This should underpin a generous dividend payout, possibly generating a yield of 8 per cent, based on analysts' estimates.

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dividend policy

It is a potential growth stock, but there is cashback for investors too, with a progressive dividend policy.

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And so it is with the controversy about dividend policy.

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This in turn has allowed it to declare its dividend policy.

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The company said that it planned to adopt a progressive dividend policy.

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That progressive dividend policy seems a good enough reason to hold them.

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dividend rate

Investors will have an option to redeem the new shares after seven and a half years; the shares have a dividend rate of 7%.

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For those in the 25 percent bracket and above, the capital gains and dividend rates were 15 percent.

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Under prior law, the capital gains and dividend rates for taxpayers below the 25 percent tax bracket was equal to zero percent.

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dividend reinvestment

Most big companies offer automatic dividend reinvestment plans.

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It costs just 5 to buy or sell all investments and offers an automatic dividend reinvestment service.

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But that overlooks the power of dividend reinvestment.

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It allows you to invest in shares, investment trusts, funds and exchange-traded funds and has an automatic dividend reinvestment service.

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Dividend reinvestment plans can also be messy.

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dividend return

That makes the dividend return on shares more attractive.

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Bond funds specializing in junk bonds also known as below investment-grade bonds pay higher dividends than other bond funds, with the dividend return correlating approximately with the risk.

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Assuming that the dividend returns, they carry a yield of about 5.5 per cent.

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The first year dividend returned to investors 100% of their initial investment.

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dividend stream

They believe the stocks they hold can provide a more reliable dividend stream.

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These funds are after the incremental dividend stream, and retail investors should follow suit.

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Now that they would be carrying our hard-earned cash and future dividend streams, how would that affect our relationship with them?

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Water companies have become a favourite of pensions funds and overseas investors, attracted by the steady, regulated returns and dividend streams.

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dividend tax

So, if you earn 42,385 in dividends next year, with no other income, 26,385 (42,385 minus 16,000) will be subject to dividend tax at 7.5%.

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Higher-rate taxpayers are taxed at 25% of dividends received (net of the 10% dividend tax credit), so a yield of 4.5% equates to 5% gross.

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That can then grow, free from income tax, capital gains tax and most dividend tax.

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Debt interest payments garner tax relief, while shareholders have to pay stamp duty, dividend tax and high fees to brokers and advisers.

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You then pay dividend tax on this at a rate of 25%, leaving you with 86,480.

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earn a dividend

Preference shares are a hybrid: they earn a dividend before holders of ordinary shares but come lower than bondholders in the pecking order.

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In 2018-19 he earned dividends of £19.6m, which should have incurred nearly £7.5m of tax.

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Income seekers are increasingly looking farther afield to earn dividends.

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Nor do you earn dividends, and if the index has risen, you may receive only part of the gain.

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Shareholders earn dividends while hoping share prices rise, just as landlords earn income from rent while hoping house prices go up.

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equity dividend

Equity dividend yields first dropped below gilt yields in 1959.

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The surge in private equity dividends began in 2002 when weak demand for initial public offerings made it difficult for investors to 'exit' their investments.

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Higher-rate taxpayers will also pay a reduced rate of income tax on their equity dividends.

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If you are a higher-rate taxpayer, you benefit from reduced tax on your equity dividends.

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While equity dividends are not guaranteed, they are well covered by underlying earnings per share, which are currently just over double the income paid out.

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fat dividend

But that's a far harder sell than a fat dividend cheque.

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With a fat dividend, they were yielding about 4.8% - higher than the cost of borrowing euros to buy them.

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Was it the obsessive pursuit of profits to pay fat dividends to shareholders?

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Most of these companies have doubled or tripled in value since the financial crisis while simultaneously paying out fat dividends.

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forecast a dividend

Stocks are selected and weighted by one-year forecast dividend yield.

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This year's forecast dividend suggests a forward yield of little more than 1 per cent.

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This means a forecast dividend of 29½p in 2017, putting the shares on a yield of 5.3 per cent.

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But there are not many companies whose shares yield a prospective 20 per cent that pay their forecast dividend.

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Its shares jumped 36p to 11.95, putting the stock on a yield of this year's forecast dividend of nearly 5.5 per cent, despite the cut in the payout.

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future dividend

He added that future dividend outcomes would rely on market conditions.

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It has also hinted that financing share buybacks from cash reserves could jeopardise future dividend payments.

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All this will hit cashflow and there must be some question over future dividend payments.

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Now that they would be carrying our hard-earned cash and future dividend streams, how would that affect our relationship with them?

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Most of the rest have given a good idea how they will adjust their future dividend policies.

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generate a dividend

It aims to generate dividend income above 6% with capital growth if its loans are repaid and these online businesses grow in value.

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Last year, it generated a dividend to the public purse of 119 million.

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To be specific, 10,000 invested in 2002 would have generated dividend income of 360 in the first year but 840 last year.

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Investors will not welcome companies being brought to market with poor governance and accounting records, or those being sold to generate dividends for private equity players.

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Between 2001-2007 the company has generated dividend yield of 8%-13% for its investors.

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generous dividend

At the same time, they may yet win out over the longer term and in the meantime are generous dividend payers.

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This should underpin a generous dividend payout, possibly generating a yield of 8 per cent, based on analysts' estimates.

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Years of pay rises above inflation and generous dividend payments have left businesses without the funds to upgrade.

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The investors are attracted by the industry's low-risk nature, its steady cashflow and its generous dividend policies.

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For that, and his adherence to a generous dividend yield, his shareholders are no doubt grateful.

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halfway dividend

Yesterday the company held its halfway dividend despite some pressure to cut.

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The halfway dividend is up by 3 per cent, a sign of confidence.

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Investors will see the halfway dividend doubled to 4 p.

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handsome dividend

And it has paid a handsome dividend.

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He said the business would also pay out a handsome dividend of about 4%-5%.

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There could be some handsome dividends for a stable well on course to better last year's haul of 67 winners, which was a personal best.

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For over 20 years, its sales showed it to be the nation's favourite supermarket, constantly expanding its operations and effortlessly returning handsome dividends for its investors.

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Here, as before, the long hours spent in night illumination and spotting practice exercises paid off handsome dividends.

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healthy dividend

It also has a healthy dividend yield of 3.9%.

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This raises the likelihood of healthy dividend growth from a company that resumed payments only in the previous financial year.

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The fund invests in companies with healthy dividend yields - but that can also offer growth.

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Companies with a healthy dividend also tend to be resilient during macroeconomic uncertainty.

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These after-market sales provide a resilient stream of cash flow for the business and support a healthy dividend, which has grown consistently over the long term.

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hefty dividend

But it came at the cost of a hefty dividend cut.

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Investors in the big housebuilders are looking forward to a hefty dividend boost after the construction industry achieved an unexpected bounce in the first two months of this year.

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That should leave plenty left over to pay shareholders a hefty dividend.

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The new tax rate will have significant implications for companies where the founder or founding family still owns a large stake and receives a hefty dividend payment.

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They made billions from this and investors loved the hefty dividends that were guaranteed.

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high dividend

In simple terms that means buying the shares that other investors shun, which are often those with high dividend yields.

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We had a very high dividend that we maintained for many years.

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Investors have been turning to stocks that promise a high dividend as yields on lower-risk bonds have slumped to record lows.

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Unfortunately, promises of a high dividend yield often lead to disappointment and low or no capital growth.

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Companies with strained balance sheets, falling profit foreasts and high dividend yields are usually a good place to start.

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huge dividend

The decision paid a huge dividend as the team strolled through the season without losing even a single game in the division one campaign for the year 2010/2011.

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It pays no tax but distributes huge dividends to its shareholders, including some of the world's richest sovereign wealth funds.

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The investment could pay huge dividends if home advantage goes with the local fighter.

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Such uncertainty means there are huge dividends for all three party leaders now engaged in the most important virility contest of their lives.

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My default position has been trust and it has paid huge dividends.

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immediate dividends

The appeal of the new campus has reaped immediate dividends, with applications to study there rising by 58% this year.

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That work appears to be paying immediate dividends.

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His arrival paid immediate dividends with the player netting 10 league goals in the first half of the campaign.

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He paid immediate dividends by finishing fourth in the league in rushing with a total of 414 yards and second in average per carry with 5.1.

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The changes paid immediate dividends.

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increase dividends

This lists American companies that have consistently increased dividends over the past 25 years.

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From this it seems a small step to conclude that increased dividends make the firm less risky.

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The other big factor was a commitment to increase the dividend.

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lift the dividend

The half-year dividend was lifted by 11.1 per cent to 1½ p.

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It also raises doubts over whether they will be able to lift the dividend as fast as recently.

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The interim dividend was lifted 10 per cent to four cents a share.

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maintain the dividend

The dividend is maintained at 2 p.

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At least the dividend is maintained .

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The bank has maintained the dividend despite a dip in profits five years ago.

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offer a dividend

This means the shares offer a dividend yield of almost 5 per cent, good for a property company.

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Its shares fell 16½p, or 1 per cent, to £16.36½ yesterday and offer a dividend yield of 2.8 per cent.

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They trade at a small discount to net asset value and offer a dividend yield of about 2.14 per cent.

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This was ahead of the €88m analysts had been expecting and prompted the company to offer a dividend of 7.8 cents a share.

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The shares trade on 4.3 times earnings and offer a dividend yield of 13%.

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ordinary dividend

Doing that again would shield an ordinary dividend payout that was yielding about 9 per cent yesterday.

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It added that while the ordinary dividend looked likely to be cut, the probable asset sales raised the prospect of special dividends.

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That's from the 44.1p-a-share payout on top of the ordinary dividend of 33.5p.

The Sun

Take in the expected ordinary dividend, and the shares, down 7p at 816p, yield in excess of 5 per cent.

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Outside of the ordinary dividend the company also gave the hint of possible future windfall.

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preferred dividend

Excluding the payment to the billionaire investor, which included a preferred dividend of $1.64 billion, diluted earnings per share were $4.38.

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The bank made $367 million in the last three months of 2012 after paying preferred dividends, down from $1.6 billion in the same period the year before.

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Net income after paying preferred dividends grew to $405.4 million from $326.1 million a year ago.

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Thus, the company must pay all unpaid preferred dividends accumulated during previous periods before it can pay dividends to common shareholders.

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quarterly dividend

The quarterly dividend was set at 14 cents a share, the same as a year ago.

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The quarterly dividend was raised to nine cents from eight cents in the second quarter.

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The group has announced a move to quarterly dividend payments.

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raise the dividend

To keep investors happy, the company is likely to raise the dividend.

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The dividend was raised 4.8 per cent to 16.5 cents.

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That will mean more cash being returned to investors via share buybacks and raised dividends.

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reap dividends

Paying him a few compliments could reap dividends.

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The youngster readily accepted and is now reaping the dividends.

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But simple policy changes reaped dividends.

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receive a dividend

For example, with nominee shareholdings the broker will receive the dividend payments due to shareholders and will then pass on the dividends.

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I take a minimal wage from the restaurant and receive a dividend, which was about 180,000.

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But some investors will have sold their bank shares for a lower price on the assumption they'd still receive the dividend.

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A higher-rate payer with 1,000 shares should receive a dividend cheque of 2,000 but will have to hand another 500 to the taxman.

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Then you will not pay the tax because you will not receive the dividend.

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regular dividend

The companies in the portfolio are also regular dividend payers.

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Investors receive regular dividend payouts from the rental income, also making a profit when eventually selling the shares.

The Sun

Analysts said this could take the form of a special dividend, an increase in the regular dividend or a share buyback.

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The company has already said that it will use the event to spell out plans for its future capital structure and regular dividend policy.

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Even when markets are going down you have the consolation of receiving regular dividend payments, which make up half of your stock market returns.

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reinvest dividends

That was why market mayhem prompted me to reinvest dividends last week that had rolled up in my 'for ever' fund.

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This means they can easily reinvest dividends and, over time, this will serve them well.

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I have chosen to reinvest dividends in new shares, rather than banking the cash.

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reliable dividend

The funds are split into three sectors: all companies, smaller companies and equity income, the last-named focusing on blue-chips that pay a reliable dividend.

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Yet it has been a consistent performer and, at 15p last year, a reliable dividend payer.

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Does he flit between investments, or rely on the steady satisfaction of reliable dividend yields?

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From an investor's point of view, they have huge attractions quite simply because of that stolid reliability — and that equally reliable dividend growth.

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For a shareholder, that should make for a steady stream of income that supports a reliable dividend, plus good capital growth over time.

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rich dividends

He saved three break points in the next game, twice volleying behind the serve, a tactic that was to bring rich dividends.

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His frenetic approach was risky but paid rich dividends.

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Far more often family teamwork on coursework reaps rich dividends.

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But with a little care, even this simple website will reap rich dividends.

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Rich dividends of collective action have made factional feuds a thing of the past.

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share dividend

You will also need details of interest from share dividends and savings accounts.

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Share dividends are received and taxed in the normal way.

Personnel Management: A New Approach (1991)

His share dividends were due this week.

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shareholder dividend

And he hinted that bumper shareholder dividends would continue.

The Sun (2010)

The bank has always put more into shareholder dividends than staff bonuses, unlike most of its rivals.

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That means more turnover, larger profits and bigger shareholder dividends.

The Sun (2011)

slash the dividend

He is comfortable that slashing the dividend was the right thing to do.

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The interim dividend was slashed by 58 per cent to 2.1 cents a share.

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He slashed the dividend within weeks of arriving.

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suspend a dividend

Its board met yesterday to discuss whether to defer or suspend the dividend.

The Sun

After those prices slumped two years ago, the company reported a $129 million loss, introduced a cost-cutting programme and suspended the dividend.

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It would start with suspending buybacks and chopping capex, building up via a sale and leaseback of a warehouse to suspending the dividend.

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This was in spite of it suspending all dividends for the year, which will help to boost the ratio of capital reserves held by a full percentage point.

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Capital spending will be trimmed to $18 billion, suspending the dividend saves $10 billion a year and it plans to raise $10 billion from asset sales.

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tax-free dividend

The reduction of the tax-free dividend allowance from 5,000 to 2,000.

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And nowhere more so than in the overhaul of that arcane duo: 'class 4 national insurance' and the 'tax-free dividend allowance'.

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Tax-free dividend yields as high as 8% are the motivation, rather than dreams of massive capital gains.

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Yet the tax-free dividend allowance has been drastically reduced after only a year.

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She also expressed disapproval over changes to national insurance for the self-employed and the cut to the tax-free dividend allowance for small business owners.

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total dividend

It plans a total dividend in its first full year of 4.5 per cent.

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Sometimes 10 percent or more of total dividends will be reinvested under such plans.

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The total dividend is held at 11 p.

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