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Lisa owns stock in Company ABC. Company ABC sent out an earnings report and gave each of the stockholders an amount of money based on how much stock they owned. This is a _____.

A. capital gain
B. dividend
c. commission
d. tip

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Based on the answer choices it's a dividend.

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Dividend is when a company distributes its earnings to shareholders or investors, making it the right answer.