"Dividend payments" refer to the distribution of profits that a company makes to its shareholders. They are payments made regularly or periodically to the shareholders as a reward for owning shares in the company. Full definition
The company does not have the required 25 + years of dividend payments without a reduction to pass the first rule of dividend investing. (valuewalk.com)
However, I'm not convinced that companies will stop paying dividends or stop increasing dividend payments in the future. (dividendstockanalysis.com)
A stock that has a proven history of rising dividend payments for 12 years running sounds like a decent investment. (dividendmantra.com)