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
Definition of shortâterm. 1  1 : occurring over or involving a relatively short period of time. 2  2a : of, relating to, or constituting a financial operation or obligation based on a brief term and especially one of less than a yearb : generated by assets held for less than six months.