dividends

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The company said among the reasons to sell bitcoin would be to fund its U.S. dollar reserves, which it introduced in December, and to fund preferred stock dividends and interest expenses.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 29, 2026

The only other investment income last year was $16.7 million in dividends and interest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 2026

Preferred is a senior form of equity, and dividends usually are taxed like those on common stocks, at a top federal rate of 20%.

From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026

If a worker had invested $83 per month in an S&P 500 index fund and reinvested dividends, the account would have grown to some $55,000 by now.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026

He understood a lot about how to speculate for land, graze it, subdivide it, make it pay dividends.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols