special dividend

noun

1. a dividend paid to stockholders in addition to the regular dividend.

Example Sentences

Uncertainty over dividend taxes spurred a gusher of special dividend payouts—7.5 times more than average.

From The Daily Beast

They were extended another two years, so the special-dividend payers were acting in haste.

From The Daily Beast

All told, the special dividend payouts totaled some $30.9 billion.

From The Daily Beast

An average fourth quarter has about 31 special dividend announcements.

From The Daily Beast

The capital stock of this concern was then distributed gratis as a special dividend among its own shareholders.

From Project Gutenberg

Susannah knew that they were paying three per cent dividends a monthand in April there was a special dividend of two per cent.

From Project Gutenberg

A regular dividend of two shillings per share, and a special dividend of as much more was declared, aggregating in all £30,000.

From Project Gutenberg