dividend reinvestment plan

noun

A company-run program, in which for an enrolled shareholder, the program takes the company's stock dividend payout to the investor, to buy more shares in the company's stock.

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DRIPdividend reinvestment program
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Meanings

noundividend reinvestment plan (plural dividend reinvestment plans)

plural dividend reinvestment plans

  1. businessA company-run program, in which for an enrolled shareholder, the program takes the company's stock dividend payout to the investor, to buy more shares in the company's stock.

    Synonyms: DRIP, dividend reinvestment program

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA company-run program, in which for an enrolled shareholder, the program takes the company's stock dividend payout to the investor, to buy more shares in the company's stock.

Similar
DRIPdividend reinvestment program
Also see
dividend reinvestment program

Origin

From dividend + reinvestment + plan. From being a plan to buy more shares in the company which issued the dividend by using up the dividend, to reinvest in the company.

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dividend reinvestment plan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dividend%20reinvestment%20plan

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Chicago

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