A quarterly payment to shareholders of various equities, including owners of American Capital Strategies, often exceeding 10-11% annually. These healthy divident payments more thanmake up for having to explain the meaning of the word so often to newcomers to forums and chatrooms.
When will the divident show up in my account? I bought it today on purpose because I know that it is ex-divident day...
The Liar’s Dividend is a phenomenon where someone can get away with lying by saying that something is “fake news” and if the media attempts to expose the lie it can backfire and only make the lie sound / seem even more credible.
An entirely imaginary future cash windfall, known by all parties not to exist, used as a face-saving alternative for admitting one has no bloody clue how one will pay for something.
Upon being presented with the bill, the customer looked the waitress square in the eye and replied, “no cash on me right now, but the BrexitDividend will cover it”.