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
9 cut short abbreviate, arrest, butt in, curtail, cut in on, dock, halt, interrupt, nip (something) in the bud, reduce, stop, terminate. 10 fall short be inadequate, disappoint, fail, fall down on (informal) not come up to expectations or scratch (informal) 11 in short briefly, in a nutshell, in a word, in essence, to come to the point, to cut a long story short, to put it briefly. 12 short of: a apart from, except, other than, unless. b deficient in, in need of, lacking, low (on), missing, wanting.