dividend

dividende

Somme qu’une entreprise verse à ses actionnaires, généralement en prélevant sur ses bénéfices.

En anglais simple : Money a company pays to people who own its shares, usually from its profits.

• The company paid a dividend.
• Shareholders received larger dividends this year.
• Will the bank increase its annual dividend?

Expressions courantes : pay a dividend, annual dividend, dividend payment

bénéfice, retombée

Bon résultat obtenu grâce au temps, aux efforts ou à l’argent investis auparavant.

En anglais simple : A good result that comes from time, effort, or money spent earlier.

• Better health was an unexpected dividend of walking to work.
• The dividend from years of practice was greater confidence.
• Each useful contact represented a future dividend from the course.

Synonymes : benefit, reward, return

Expressions courantes : a future dividend, an unexpected dividend

dividende

Nombre que l’on divise par un autre dans un calcul.

En anglais simple : The number you divide by another number in a calculation.

• The dividend in this calculation is twenty.
• Divide the dividend by four.
• Which number is the dividend in this problem?

Expressions courantes : the dividend, divide the dividend