dividend
/ˈdɪvɪdend/noun
1
- a sum of money paid regularly (typically annually) by a company to its shareholders out of its profits (or reserves)（多指年度）红利; 分红; 股利。
1.1
- a payment divided among a number of people, e.g. winners in a football pool, members of a cooperative, or creditors of an insolvent estate几人（如足球彩票中彩者、公司成员或破产企业债权人）平分的钱款。
1.2
- an individual's share of a dividend个人分红份额。
1.3
dividends
a benefit from an action or policy回报, 收益：the club's youth policy would pay dividends in the future.
该俱乐部年轻化政策的好处将来会体现出来。参见PEACE DIVIDEND.
2
- Mathematics a number to be divided by another number【数】被除数。
词源
late 15th cent. （in the general sense 'portion， share'）： from Anglo-Norman French dividende, from Latin dividendum 'something to be divided'， from the verb dividere （see DIVIDE）.