Copasa, Petrobras and Other Companies Pay Dividends This Week
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Some big companies in Brazil are paying money to their shareholders this week.
A shareholder is a person who owns part of a company.
This money is called a dividend. A company pays a dividend from its profit.
Copasa and Petrobras are two of the companies. Copasa works with water. Petrobras works with oil.
Five other companies are also paying dividends this week.
In total, ten companies have announced dividends this week.
Another company, Vale, and nine more companies will pay dividends soon too.
People who own shares in these companies can check the payment dates.
A calendar shows the dates for these payments.
Investors like to know when they will get money from their shares.
Vocabulary15 words
- shareholder
- a person who owns part of a company
- dividend
- money a company pays to people who own its shares
- calendar
- a list that shows dates
- company
- a business that sells things or services
- profit
- money a company makes after paying costs
- investor
- a person who puts money into a business to make more money
- share
- a small part of a company that you can own
- oil
- a liquid used to make fuel
- water company
- a business that gives water to people
- payment
- money given for something
- announce
- to tell people about something new
- total
- the full number of something
- date
- a specific day
- money
- what people use to buy things
- business
- a company that makes or sells things
Quiz
Answer key
1. Dividends 2. Seven 3. False
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Some big companies in Brazil are paying _____ to their shareholders this week.
A shareholder is a person who owns part of a _____.
This money is called a _____. A company pays a dividend from its profit.
Copasa and Petrobras are two of the _____. Copasa works with water. Petrobras works with oil.
Five other companies are also paying dividends this _____.
In total, ten companies have _____ dividends this week.
Another company, Vale, and nine more companies will pay dividends _____ too.
People who own _____ in these companies can check the payment dates.
A calendar shows the _____ for these payments.
Investors like to know when they will get _____ from their shares.