A company's strategy for distributing profits to shareholders through dividend payments. It includes decisions about dividend amount, timing, frequency, and the balance between paying dividends versus retaining earnings for reinvestment.
From Latin 'dividendum' (thing to be divided) and Greek 'politeia' (citizenship/government). Dividend policies became formalized as corporations grew and needed systematic approaches to profit distribution in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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