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Did a few insiders put a stop to the shareholders payment? (8)

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I believe the answer is:

dividend

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'the shareholders payment?' is the definition.
'dividend' can be an answer for 'payment?' (dividend is a kind of payment). I am not certain of the 'the shareholders' bit.

'did a few insiders put a stop' is the wordplay.
'a few' becomes 'vi'.
'insiders put' becomes 'den' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'a stop' means one lot of letters goes inside another (stopping can mean blocking a gap).
'vi'+'den'='viden'
'did' placed around 'viden' is 'DIVIDEND'.

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for dividend that I've seen before include "Share of profit" , "Share of interest, profits etc" , "Part of profits paid to shareholder" , "Bonus share of a surplus" , "Payout on shares" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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