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
The New #77 Most Shorted S&P 500 Component: Roper Technologies. There are a number of ways to look at short data, for example the total number of shares short; but one metric that we find particularly useful is the days to cover metric because it considers both the total shares short and the average daily volume of shares typically traded.