Example sentences for: dividend

How can you use “dividend” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The amount of intake varies from state to state--California and New York get about $25 billion each, while smaller states get just $1 billion--although exact amounts are not fully determined because the federal government, as a major contributor to states' Medicaid services, is wrangling for its fair share of the dividend.

  • El País of Spain called Putin's success the "Chechen dividend," a sentiment echoed in Britain's Daily Telegraph , which said that "beyond bellicosity in the Caucasus, Mr Putin has articulated no clear policy."

  • Well, there has been an excruciatingly technical argument about this, mysteriously known as the "double dividend" debate; the general consensus seems to be no, and that on balance pollution taxes would be more likely to reduce GDP slightly than to increase it.

  • The people of the United States hoped to enjoy a peace dividend, as U.S. spending on national security was cut following the end of the Soviet military threat.

  • It is the rate used to credit interest to the dividend fund, and against which experience is measured to determine the amount of the interest portion of dividends paid to individual policyholders.


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