Dividend vs. Product

Published: 12 Mar, 2022

Dividendnoun

(arithmetic) A number or expression that is to be divided by another.

‘In "42 ÷ 3" the dividend is the 42.’;

Productnoun

A commodity offered for sale.

‘That store offers a variety of products.’; ‘We've got to sell a lot of product by the end of the month.’;

Dividendnoun

(finance) A pro rata payment of money by a company to its shareholders, usually made periodically (eg, quarterly or annually).

Productnoun

Any preparation to be applied to the hair, skin, nails, etc.

‘Wash excess product out of your hair.’;

Dividendnoun

(figuratively) Beneficial results from a metaphorical investment (of time, effort, etc.)

‘His 10,000 hours of practice and recitals eventually paid dividends when he become first-chair violinist.’;

Productnoun

Anything that is produced; a result.

‘The product of last month's quality standards committee is quite good, even though the process was flawed.’;

Dividendnoun

A sum of money to be divided and distributed; the share of a sum divided that falls to each individual; a distribute sum, share, or percentage; - applied to the profits as appropriated among shareholders, and to assets as apportioned among creditors; as, the dividend of a bank, a railway corporation, or a bankrupt estate.

Productnoun

The amount of an artifact that has been created by someone or some process.

‘They improve their product every year; they export most of their agricultural production.’;

Dividendnoun

A number or quantity which is to be divided.

Productnoun

A consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances.

‘Skill is the product of hours of practice.’; ‘His reaction was the product of hunger and fatigue.’;

Dividendnoun

that part of the earnings of a corporation that is distributed to its shareholders; usually paid quarterly

Productnoun

(chemistry) A chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction.

‘This is a product of lime and nitric acid.’;

Dividendnoun

a number to be divided by another number

Productnoun

(arithmetic) A quantity obtained by multiplication of two or more numbers.

‘The product of 2 and 3 is 6.’; ‘The product of 2, 3, and 4 is 24.’;

Dividendnoun

a bonus; something extra (especially a share of a surplus)

Productnoun

(mathematics) Any operation or a result thereof which generalises multiplication of numbers, like the multiplicative operation in a ring, product of types or a categorical product.

Dividend

A dividend is a distribution of profits by a corporation to its shareholders. When a corporation earns a profit or surplus, it is able to pay a proportion of the profit as a dividend to shareholders.

Productnoun

Any tangible or intangible good or service that is a result of a process and that is intended for delivery to a customer or end user.

Productnoun

Illegal drugs, especially cocaine, when viewed as a commodity.

‘I got some product here – you buying?’;

Productnoun

Anything that is produced, whether as the result of generation, growth, labor, or thought, or by the operation of involuntary causes; as, the products of the season, or of the farm; the products of manufactures; the products of the brain.

‘There are the productOf those ill-mated marriages.’; ‘These institutions are the products of enthusiasm.’;

Productnoun

The number or sum obtained by adding one number or quantity to itself as many times as there are units in another number; the number resulting from the multiplication of two or more numbers; as, the product of the multiplication of 7 by 5 is 35. In general, the result of any kind of multiplication. See the Note under Multiplication.

Productverb

To produce; to bring forward.

Productverb

To lengthen out; to extend.

‘He that doth much . . . products his mortality.’;

Productverb

To produce; to make.

Productnoun

commodities offered for sale;

‘good business depends on having good merchandise’; ‘that store offers a variety of products’;

Productnoun

an artifact that has been created by someone or some process;