Predicate and Declaration

noun

• Logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula. (
  • usage: "`Socrates is a man' predicates manhood of Socrates"
• One of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements.
  • synonyms: verb phrase

verb

• Make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition.
  • usage: "The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog'"
• Affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of.
  • usage: "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President"
  • synonyms: proclaim
• Involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic.
  • usage: "solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well"
  • synonyms: connote

• (v.t.) To found; to base.
• (v.t.) To assert to belong to something; to affirm (one thing of another); as, to predicate whiteness of snow.
• (a.) Predicated.
• (v.t.) The word or words in a proposition which express what is affirmed of the subject.
• (v.t.) That which is affirmed or denied of the subject. In these propositions, "Paper is white," "Ink is not white," whiteness is the predicate affirmed of paper and denied of ink.
• (v.i.) To affirm something of another thing; to make an affirmation.

noun

• A statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written. )
• Law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction. (
  • usage: "his declaration of innocence"
• A statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties.
• Contract bridge. ( the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make)
  • synonyms: contract
• A formal public statement.
  • usage: "the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war"; "a declaration of independence"
  • synonyms: announcement, proclamation, annunciation
• A formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote.
  • synonyms: resolution, resolve

• (n.) The act of declaring or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; proclamation; exposition; as, the declaration of an opinion; a declaration of war, etc.
• (n.) The document or instrument containing such statement or proclamation; as, the Declaration of Independence (now preserved in Washington).
• (n.) That part of the process in which the plaintiff sets forth in order and at large his cause of complaint; the narration of the plaintiff's case containing the count or counts. See Count, n., 3.
• (n.) That which is declared or proclaimed; announcement; distinct statement; formal expression; avowal.

Declaration is the Board of Directors motion to authorize dividend payments.