They made some money and now they want to take it out and spend it.

他们赚了些钱想取出来花了
They have to do it equally to all shareholders;

每个股东都应得到同等的待遇
that's called paying a dividend.

这就是发放股利
They can do it on rare occasions,

他们可以偶尔为之
or they can do it whenever they feel like it,

也可以在任何时间发放
or they can do it regularly; it's often done quarterly.

或者定期发放一般是一季一发
When I set up a company--Case Shiller Weiss, Inc.--

当我开公司时卡魏施有限公司
typical of young start up companies,we didn't pay a dividend.

并没发放股利这是年轻公司的通常做法
We gave shares to almost all of our employees

我们几乎将所有股票都发给了员工
as part of their compensation and

作为他们的薪酬
we hoped that would motivate them and make them feel

希望能这样激励他们让他们感到
a part of the company but we never paid them a dividend.

自己是公司的一份子但是我们从不发放股利