"I did not sell Amalgamated Electric on Wednesday, and on Thursday a doubt about the increased dividend began to be circulated. The stock, nevertheless, after a forenoon of weakness, rallied. Moreover a check for my first dividend came from the Pollyopolis Heat, Light, Power, Paving, Pressing, and Packing Company."英文原著 · 《Mother》
As I looked over my gold and silver mine stock, I often noticed that it was printed in green. I used to wonder why they printed it in green--wonder if they wanted it to harmonize with me! And I would realize I had so much to live for--the dividends. I have been so near the dividends I could smell them. Only one more assessment, then we will cut the melon! I have heard that all my life and never got a piece of the rind. Getting "Selected"
Why go farther? I am not half done confessing.英文原著 · 《The University of Hard Knocks》
An honest man, of strong convictions, the doctor considers it his duty to make his discovery known. But he soon learns that dividends and profits are concerned neither with health nor principles. Even the reformers of the town, represented in the PEOPLE'S MESSENGER, always ready to prate of their devotion to the people, withdraw their support from the "reckless" idealist, the moment they learn that the doctor's discovery may bring the town into disrepute, and thus injure their pockets.英文原著 · 《Anarchism and Other Essays》
Who is injured by a steamship company subscribing one or ten hundred thousand dollars to a campaign fund? Whose rights are affected by it? Perhaps its stock holders receive one dollar a share in dividends less than they otherwise would. If they do not complain, who else can do so? But in that election I deprived a million people of rights which belonged to them as absolutely as their houses! You could not say that I had done wrong. Not a word of blame or criticism have you ever uttered to me on that account. If there was an offence, you condoned it!英文原著 · 《Democracy An American Novel》
"If I don't believe you are speaking of the failure of Kent & Green! It's not /that/, Mr. Archibald. They won't affect us much; and there'll be a dividend, report runs."英文原著 · 《East Lynne》
I then went secretly to work and made thirty of the machines. Up in the top loft of the factory we stored those machines, and at night we put up the benches and got everything all ready. Then we discharged the office-boy. Then the union went out. It has been out ever since. "When we formed the works at Harrison we divided the interests into one hundred shares or parts at $100 par. One of the boys was hard up after a time, and sold two shares to Bob Cutting. Up to that time we had never paid anything; but we got around to the point where the board declared a dividend every Saturday night.英文原著 · 《Edison, His Life and Inventions》
Our first session was-- it's already paying dividends.美剧 · 《Billions》
It's because every shareholder will get a massive one time windfall dividend payment.美剧 · 《Billions》
Mm-hmm, first dividend check of the merger.美剧 · 《Suits》
We keep our first dividend checks, and they pay for our new letterhead.美剧 · 《Suits》