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  • 1rate of return — n. The percentage of profit made on an investment. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …

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  • 2Rate of return — In finance, rate of return (ROR), also known as return on investment (ROI), rate of profit or sometimes just return, is the ratio of money gained or lost (whether realized or unrealized) on an investment relative to the amount of money invested.… …

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  • 3rate of return — Calculated as the (value now minus value at time of purchase) divided by value at time of purchase. For equities ( equity), we often include dividends with the value now. See also: return, annual rate of return. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * …

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  • 4rate of return — The annual income earned from the investment of resources in a commercial or economic activity, usually expressed as a percentage of the original investment. In a discounted cash flow appraisal, for example, the rate of return may be expressed as …

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  • 5rate of return — rates of return N COUNT The rate of return on an investment is the amount of profit it makes, often shown as a percentage of the original investment. [BUSINESS] High rates of return can be earned on these investments. ...an 8 per cent average… …

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  • 6rate of return — noun the amount returned per unit of time expressed as a percentage of the cost • Hypernyms: ↑rate • Hyponyms: ↑return on invested capital, ↑return on investment, ↑ROI * * * : the ratio of net railway operating income to the value of the property …

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  • 7rate of return — The annual amount of income from an investment, expressed as a percentage of the original investment. This rate is very important in assessing the relative merits of different investments. It is therefore important to note whether a quoted rate… …

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  • 8Rate Of Return — The gain or loss on an investment over a specified period, expressed as a percentage increase over the initial investment cost. Gains on investments are considered to be any income received from the security plus realized capital gains. A rate of …

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  • 9rate of return — grąžos norma statusas T sritis turto vertinimas apibrėžtis Pajamų (nuostolio) dydis ir (arba) faktinis ar numatomas investicijų vertės pokytis, išreikštas procentine investicijų dalimi. atitikmenys: angl. rate of return šaltinis Tarptautiniai… …

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  • 10Rate-of-return regulation — is a system for setting the prices charged by regulated monopolies. The central idea is that monopoly firms should be required to charge the price that would prevail in a competitive market, which is equal to efficient costs of production plus a… …

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