Vocabulary
Dividend
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a sum of money paid regularly (typically annually) by a company to its shareholders out of its profits (or reserves).
Urdu meaning
کمپنی کا منافع، حصہ
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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With unemployment festering among the youth ranging from the highly educated to the completely unskilled Pakistan`s much-celebrated youth bulge is fast morphing into a liability instead of the promised demographic dividend.
Dawn Editorials —
Runaway numbers
— 2026-02-17
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Failure to act will continue to lock millions into cycles of low productivity, poor health, and economic precarity, putting the country`s demographic dividend at risk.
Dawn Editorials —
OOSAY who?
— 2026-01-07
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Moreover, those who remind us of a `demographic dividend` from hav-ing a young population, need to be told that the highest unemployment is amongst those aged 15-29 years, with 3.5m young men and women entering the job market every year.
Dawn Editorials —
In decline
— 2025-12-19
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What should be a demographic dividend has become a demographic crisis.
Dawn Editorials —
A manmade mental crisis
— 2025-11-01
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Recognising the development dividend of the digital revolution, Pakistan`s youth are not merely showing up.
Dawn Editorials —
Digital leap
— 2025-08-14
Synonyms
share, portion, percentage, premium, return, payback, gain, surplus, profit
Antonyms
benefit, advantage, gain
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