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
Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  short(Noun) A short circuit. 2  short(Noun) A short film. 3  short(Noun) shortstop. 4  short(Noun) A short seller. 5  short(Noun) A short sale. 6  short(Verb) To cause a short circuit in (something). 7  short(Verb) Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit. 8  short(Verb) To shortchange.