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
Specifically, short interest is created when an investor sells shares of a stock that he or she has borrowed from a broker, but does not own outright. A basic short-selling strategy is profitable when the price of the shorted stock declines, allowing the investor to buy the stock back at a lower price in order to replace the borrowed shares.