What Are Dividend Payments

What are dividend payments?

A) a part share of the profits or earnings of a company paid to each shareholder on the basis of the number of shares they hold
B) the difference between the original cost price of a share and the price an investor receives when that share is sold
C) payments made to a company by investors for a share of the ownership of that company
D) incremental increases in the value of the stock held by an investor due to rises in share price