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by umanwizard 2278 days ago
Well, all I can say is get a new dictionary, because companies really can and do borrow money to pay dividends.

Of course, any bailout would have to have terms preventing this, and it should prevent immediately spending it on stock buybacks too.

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> Well, all I can say is get a new dictionary,

Great umanwizard, it's a good thing you're here to tell us that Cambridge university is wrong! After all, what do they know about finance and economics?

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/divid...