See Also: eddy(dictionary)
Eddy - Canoeing(gambling)
eddy current(medicine)
eddy sounds(medicine)
eddy 1, noun(dictionary)
eddy 2, verb(dictionary)
Eddy, Mary Baker(dictionary)
Eddy, Mary Baker(encyclopedia)
eddy-current loss(medicine)
Eddy the Chief Clearwater's Reservation Blues(tourism)

Dividend (finance) and eddy (iou)


Dividend (finance)


A portion of a company's profit paid to common and preferred shareholders.





eddy (iou)



eddy noun & verb. LME.
[Prob. from base of Old English ed- again, back. Cf. Old Norse iea eddy.]
A. noun. A circular or contrary motion in water, esp. at the side of the main current; a similar motion in air, fog, smoke, etc.; a small whirlpool or vortex. LME.
G. Orwell Little eddies of wind were whirling dust and torn paper into spirals. fig.: P. Ackroyd Eddies of loud, barking laughter swept across the room.
Comb.: eddy current a localized circulating current induced within the body of an electrical conductor by magnetic field variation; eddy-wind: that moves in an eddy.
b. verb trans. & intrans. (Cause to) move in an eddy or eddies. M18.
L. Lee This fearful spice, eddying up from its box. R. Graves Not enough breeze to eddy a puff of smoke.
eddyless adjective E17.