The amount paid in cash to the shareholder that owns a certain stock in a dollar amount. The each of the shares that are yours qualifies to have a dividend. An example of this is, lets say you were to own a hundred shares and the dividend is a dollar/share, then you would have receivee that hundred dollars. So with this said the more and more shares that are yours then the more dividends you are
. likely to receive. Now many of the dividends will get paid every three months or so, but at times the company will pay a one-time dividend. Also know however that their will be some companies that will pay monthly. To get more information visit http://www.standardchartered.com.sg/cb/invest/investment_glossary.html.
