| 单词 | to declare a dividend |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto declare a dividend d. to declare a dividend: to announce officially a (specified) dividend as payable. to declare a dividend 2. A sum of money to be divided among a number of persons; esp. the total sum payable as interest on a loan, or as the profit of a joint-stock company, divided periodically among the holders (usually reckoned at a certain rate per cent.); also, the sum divided among the creditors of an insolvent estate. to declare a dividend: declare v. 5d. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > profit > [noun] > profit to be shared dividend1623 melon1909 1623 W. Sclater Quæstion of Tythes 152 Will you mooue doubt whether Tithes entered the common Diuidend? 1643 J. Milton Soveraigne Salve 11 Profits and emoluments accrewing may make a dividend sufficient to draw to some unjust act. 1684 London Gaz. No. 1948/4 The Creditors of Benjamin Hinton..are desired to meet..to receive an Accompt of their Trustees, and to advise of a Divident. 1710 London Gaz. No. 4744/3 Warrants for the said Dividend will be delivered. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. ii. ii. 387 For some years past the bank dividend has been at five and a half per cent. View more context for this quotation 1863 H. Fawcett Man. Polit. Econ. ii. x. 286 Two fifths of these profits form a fund, from which the annual dividend on capital is paid. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。