Dĭv'i-dend, n.

n. [Fr. dividende, It. dividendo, Lat. dividendus, -a, -um, from dividere.]

1. A sum divided; a division; a part or share made by division; the percentage divided;—applied in cases of the pro rata division of assets among creditors, or profits among stockholders.
2. (Arith.) A number or quantity which is to be divided.