Defn: Separately; in a divided manner.
DIVIDEND Div"i*dend, n. Etym: [L. dividendum thing to be divided, neut. of the gerundive of dividere: cf. F. dividende.]
1. A sum of money to be divided and distributed; the share of a sum divided that falls to each individual; a distribute sum, share, or percentage; — applied to the profits as appropriated among shareholders, and to assets as apportioned among creditors; as, the dividend of a bank, a railway corporation, or a bankrupt estate.
2. (Math.)
Defn: A number or quantity which is to be divided.
DIVIDENT
Div"i*dent, n.
Defn: Dividend; share. [Obs.] Foxe.
DIVIDER
Di*vid"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, divides; that which separates anything into parts.
2. One who deals out to each his share. Who made me a judge or a divider over you Luke xii. 14.