noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
no dividend; without dividend
Financial term used when a company does not pay a dividend for a given period. Often used in news reports and corporate announcements.
The company is expected to pay no dividend this term.
A suspension of dividends was announced.
The company stopped paying dividends due to poor performance.
More companies are falling into no-dividend status due to poor earnings.
The company announced it would pay no dividend this term.
増配 means an increase in the dividend paid, whereas 無配 means no dividend is paid; the shared 配 kanji makes these easy to mix up in financial news.
減配 means a reduction in the dividend paid, while 無配 means the dividend is cut entirely to zero.
Compound of 無 (mu, 'without') and 配 (hai, 'distribution'), referring to the absence of dividend distribution.