Dividend

Dictionary: 
Ballentine's Law Dictionary

A division into shares; one of such shares or portions; the portion of a corporation’s profits set apart for ratable division among its shareholders. See 8 R. I. 310, 5 Am. Rep. 575.

Author: 
James A. Ballentine
Publisher: 
The Bobbs-Merrill Company
Year Published: 
1916
Genre: 
Law Dictionary