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PAY DIVIDEND [9 records]

Record 1 2026-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
  • Stock Exchange
DEF

An order or warrant issued by a company and drawn on its bankers, authorising them to pay the dividend specified thereon to the stock or shareholder.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
  • Bourse
OBS

certificat : Document autorisant le paiement d'une somme d'argent.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation
  • Investment
CONT

Over the term of [an] the arrangement, the taxpayer is obligated to pay to the counterparty amounts(dividend compensation payments) as compensation for all dividends received on the transferred or lent Canadian share.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiscalité
  • Investissements et placements
CONT

De plus, en vertu des règles relatives aux mécanismes de prêt de valeurs mobilières, les courtiers en valeurs mobilières inscrits peuvent réclamer une déduction pour les deux tiers d'un paiement compensatoire pour dividende.

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
DEF

A corporation dividend paid in the form of a promise to pay at a specified time in the future, or when a specified event transpires, or at the will of the corporation.

CONT

What is scrip dividend? One paid in scrip, or in certificates of the ownership of a corresponding amount of capital stock of the companv thereafter to be issued.

OBS

scrip: a certificate of ownership, either absolute or conditional, of shares in a public company, corporate profits, etc.

Key term(s)
  • dividend in scrip
  • dividend in script

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
DEF

Promesse écrite par laquelle une société s'engage à verser un dividende à ses actionnaires à une date ultérieure plutôt que de le verser immédiatement.

OBS

Le certificat émis à l'actionnaire à titre de dividende provisoire constitue une forme de billet. L'actionnaire peut le conserver jusqu'à échéance et encaisser alors le dividende, ou encore le négocier afin d'en encaisser immédiatement la valeur actualisée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bolsa de valores
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Record 4 2013-10-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bankruptcy
  • Commercial Law
CONT

An action for a dividend does not lie against the trustee of the estate of a bankrupt but, if the trustee neglects or refuses to pay a dividend to a creditor, the Court, on the application of the creditor, may, if it thinks fit, order the trustee to pay the dividend and may also order that the trustee pay interest on the dividend for the time that it is withheld and the costs of the application.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Faillites
  • Droit commercial
DEF

Droit d'intenter une action en justice afin de recouvrir un dividende.

CONT

Aucune action ne peut être intentée contre les syndics par un créancier, mais si les syndics refusent de payer le dividende, la Cour peut ordonner le paiement avec les intérêts à partir de l'époque du refus de paiement, et avec les frais du procès.

Spanish

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Record 5 2006-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
CONT

For example, a growth stock company might not be expected to pay a dividend while an income stock company would.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
DEF

Société ayant affiché des bénéfices supérieurs à la moyenne au cours des derniers exercices et pour laquelle on prévoit une croissance soutenue des bénéfices futurs.

Spanish

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Record 6 2006-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Loans
CONT

When securities that have been lent out pay a cash dividend, the borrower of the securities is generally contractually required to pass on the distribution to the lender of the securities. This payment "pass-through" is known as a manufactured dividend.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prêts et emprunts
DEF

Dividendes reçus sur un titre emprunté que l'emprunteur du titre est généralement tenu, par contrat, de remettre au propriétaire du titre.

Spanish

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Record 7 2001-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
  • Finance
CONT

... many corporations pay dividends to their stockholders on a quarterly basis or every three months. Such a payment is called a quarterly dividend.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
  • Finances
DEF

Dividende fixé et versé trimestriellement et non pour l'exercice annuel.

Spanish

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Record 8 1989-10-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
CONT

Current theory is incomplete in attempts to explain why corporations pay dividends. Here, the informational content of dividends is examined closely. Informational content is used to form a substantive explanation for the prevalence and persistence of dividend policies in the market.

Key term(s)
  • information content

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements

Spanish

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Record 9 1981-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Economics
OBS

Between bonds and common stocks are so-called "preferred stocks". These pay at most a stated dividend-say, a stipulated 5 per cent of the face value per share-no matter how profitable the business becomes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie de l'entreprise

Spanish

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