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 long and the short of investor jargon. Which brings us to the long and short of it -- that is, an explanation of what investors mean when they talk about going long vs. going short, or selling a stock short. When they invest money in stocks, the vast majority of investors go long.. That is, they plunk down their money, buy the stock and hold it in the hopes that the stock's price will rise in the future so they can sell it for a profit. In short, they're hoping to buy low and sell high as the old adage goes.