By definition, a dividend is a distribution of profits by a corporation to its shareholders and a refund is a payment made back to a user that previously paid for something. A stimulus check, on the other hand, is a direct payment to encourage spending and stimulate the economy by putting money directly into the consumers' hands.

President Trump has floated the idea of giving taxpayers a $5,000 refund check as a dividend from savings created by DOGE. Here's what to know.

The DOGE Dividend: Elon Musk just said DOGE is considering sending $5,000 refund checks to US taxpayers. This plan would send 79 MILLION households a total of ~$400 BILLION, which is 20% of DOGE's projected savings by 2026. What does this mean? Let us explain. (a thread) pic.twitter.com/T8XhunCnpF

It’s wildly unfeasible,’ one Yale economist says of an idea being floated by Elon Musk to claw back large sums of money for American taxpayers. Who wouldn’t want a “DOGE dividend?” Such an idea is evidently being floated at the highest levels of government.

President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are mulling the idea of giving taxpayers a $5,000 stimulus check from DOGE. But could it actually happen? What to know in Tennessee.

There’s been a lot of chatter about the possibility of another round of stimulus checks, and even Trump and Musk seem to be on board, but will it happen?

A social media post claiming the U.S. government would issue $5,000 stimulus checks, referred to as "DOGE dividends," on a make-believe date in February appears to have fooled some people online. Anti-Trump PAC The Lincoln Project posted on X,

Wondering if you are going to get $5,000 from DOGE? Is it a DOGE dividend check, stimulus check or refund? Here's what to know on Trump's plan.