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
It's supposed to let other agents know that the home is no longer for sale because an offer has been accepted. It does not mean, however, that the bank has issued short sale approval. The accepted short sale offer is simply contingent on the bank's approval. Because this status confuses MLS users, some listing database services changed their procedures to allow another status for these types of short sales; they are now better defined as pending short lender approval..