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Dividend

Term · Finance and investing · MLC-T-FIN-000125

A portion of a company's profit paid to shareholders. Public companies that pay dividends usually do so on a fixed schedule although they can issue them at any time. Unscheduled dividend payments are known as special dividends or extra dividends.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-FIN-000125
FieldFinance and investing
ReferencesSEC Investor.gov Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-FIN-000125",
  "term": "Dividend",
  "field": "Finance and investing",
  "definition": "A portion of a company's profit paid to shareholders. Public companies that pay dividends usually do so on a fixed schedule although they can issue them at any time. Unscheduled dividend payments are known as special dividends or extra dividends.",
  "references": [
    "SEC Investor.gov Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/finance/dividend/"
}

Record 125 of 398 in Finance and investing terminology (MLC-0118). Request the full dataset.