Meanings
plural rates of return
- businessThe amount of profit earned in a reporting period, expressed as a percentage of the cost.
Kaufmann (and others) show that macro-policy distortions, such as overvalued exchange rates, trade restrictions, and poor fiscal policies, partially account for the disappointing rates of return.
1992, William Ascher, Coping with the Disappointing Rates of Return of Development Projects That Affect the Environment1 more example
The initial fair rate of return studies in insurance adopted the book value approach. These studies looked at accounting returns in insurance (usually, rate of return on equity or on total assets) and compared them to returns in other industries.
2013, J. David Cummins, Scott E. Harrington, Fair Rate of Return in Property-Liability Insurance, →ISBN, page xiii
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 回報率 /回报率
- 回報率 /回报率 (huíbàolǜ)amount of profit
Finnish tuottoaste
- tuottoasteamount of profit
Romanian rata rentabilității
- rata rentabilitățiiamount of profit
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