Freebase (1.00 / 1 vote) Rate this definition: Dividend. Dividends are payments made by a corporation to its shareholder members. It is the portion of corporate profits paid out to stockholders. When a corporation earns a profit or surplus, that money can be put to two uses: it can either be re-invested in the business, or it can be distributed to shareholders.
short list [BACK TO TOP] Meaning: A list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen
short-sheet (shÃ´rtâ²shÄtâ²) tr.v. short-sheetÂ·ed, short-sheetÂ·ing, short-sheets. 1. To make (a bed) by doubling back a single sheet so that the bed looks properly made but will not allow a person to lie at full length in it. 2. To short-sheet the bed of (a person) as a way of playing a trick.