Business GCSE
Dividends
What Dividends means in Business GCSE, as defined for AQA, OCR.
Definitions of Dividends
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Reference: AQA
A share of the business's profits paid to shareholders as a reward for their investment.
A share of the business profits paid to shareholders as a reward for their investment.
The share of the profit paid to shareholders.
Topics that use Dividends
- Sources of finance (AQA GCSE)
- Stakeholders (AQA GCSE)
- Business activity (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Stakeholder
- Adding value
- Application to context
- Business decision making
- Cash Flow
- Conflict between stakeholders
- Dividend payments to owners
- Entrepreneur
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