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
Princeton's WordNet (1.67 / 3 votes) Rate this definition: classified ad, classified advertisement, classified (adj). a short ad in a newspaper or magazine (usually in small print) and appearing along with other ads of the same type. classified (adj).