Research by anthropologists Margaret Mead and Peggy Reeves Sanday has shown that. a. biology is the most important factor in determining the social roles of males and females. b. cultural conditioning is the most important factor in determining the social roles of males and females. c. biology and cultural conditioning have an equal impact in determining the social roles of males and females.
cash dividend. A dividend paid in cash (that is, by check) to holders of a firm's stock. Although the amount is usually based on profitability, it may temporarily exceed net income. Certain legal and contractual restrictions may limit a firm's ability to pay cash dividends.
Cash Dividends on Common Stock. Cash dividends (usually referred to as dividends) are a distribution of the corporation's net income. Dividends are analogous to draws/withdrawals by the owner of a sole proprietorship. As such, dividends are not expenses and do not appear on the corporation's income statement. Corporations routinely need cash in order to replace inventory and other assets whose replacement costs have increased or to expand capacity. As a result, corporations rarely distribute all of their net income to stockholders.