special dividend

American  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

The mobile communication services operator’s equity base has shrunk to 52 billion baht this year from 107 billion baht last year, thanks to a large special dividend, the analyst notes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Investors may also be disappointed if Costco doesn’t deliver a special dividend this quarter.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

Johnson Matthey intends to distribute around 1.0 billion pounds from the proceeds of the disposal to shareholders via an 800 million-pound special dividend and a 200 million-pound share buyback program.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

The new bid values BlueScope at about $11 billion, or 34 Australian dollars a share before payment of an interim and special dividend.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

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

From Out of the Air by Gillmore, Inez Haynes