(finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation
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Return on investment
(corporate finance) the amount, expressed as a percentage, that is earned on a company's total capital calculated by dividing the total capital into earnings before interest, taxes, or dividends are paid
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(finance) an account of the net value of a business at a specified date
Used in the same subject area: Business and finance, Corporate finance.(finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold
Used in the same subject area: Business and finance, Corporate finance.(finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold
Used in the same subject area: Business and finance, Corporate finance.(finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold
Used in the same subject area: Business and finance, Corporate finance.(corporate finance) the amount, expressed as a percentage, that is earned on a company's total capital calculated by dividing the tota…
Used in the same subject area: Business and finance, Corporate finance.(corporate finance) the amount, expressed as a percentage, that is earned on a company's total capital calculated by dividing the tota…
Used in the same subject area: Business and finance, Corporate finance.assets available for use in the production of further assets
Used in the same subject area: Business and finance, Corporate finance.the opportunity cost of the funds employed as the result of an investment decision; the rate of return that a business could earn if i…
Used in the same subject area: Business and finance, Corporate finance.the excess of cash revenues over cash outlays in a given period of time (not including non-cash expenses)
Used in the same subject area: Business and finance, Corporate finance.the financial activities of corporation
Used in the same subject area: Business and finance, Corporate finance.the opportunity cost of the funds employed as the result of an investment decision; the rate of return that a business could earn if i…
Used in the same subject area: Business and finance, Corporate finance.assets available for use in the production of further assets
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(chemistry) the ratio of the total mass of an element in the earth's crust to the total mass of the earth's crust; expressed as a perc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: corporate, finance, amount, expressed, percentage.partial or total loss of memory; "he has a total blackout for events of the evening"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: corporate, finance, amount, expressed, percentage.The sum total of two or more sums or quantities; the aggregate; the whole quantity; a totality; as, the amount of 7 and 9 is 16; the a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: corporate, finance, amount, expressed, percentage.To arrange accounts in such a way that the sum total of the debits is equal to the sum total of the credits; as, to balance a set of b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: corporate, finance, amount, expressed, percentage.capital which the business borrows from institutions or people; includes various debentures.; "Capital contributed by the owner or ent…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: corporate, finance, amount, expressed, percentage.Worked out by calculation; as calculated tables for computing interest; ascertained or conjectured as a result of calculation; as, the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: corporate, finance, amount, expressed, percentage.A corporate town; in the United States, a town or collective body of inhabitants, incorporated and governed by a mayor and aldermen or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: corporate, finance, amount, expressed, percentage.An association of persons for the purpose of carrying on some enterprise or business; a corporation; a firm; as, the East India Compan…
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Its definition shares important concepts with this word: corporate, finance, amount, expressed, percentage.a contract in which the contractor is paid their total cost plus a stated percentage of profit
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: corporate, finance, amount, expressed, percentage.a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: corporate, finance, amount, expressed, percentage.One of a body of persons appointed to manage the affairs of a company or corporation; as, the directors of a bank, insurance company,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: corporate, finance, amount, expressed, percentage.To deprive of corporate powers, rights, or privileges; to divest of the condition of a corporate body.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: corporate, finance, amount, expressed, percentage.one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole; "the written part of the exam";…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: corporate, finance, amount, expressed, percentage.That which is earned; wages gained by work or services; money earned; -- used commonly in the plural.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: corporate, finance, amount, expressed, percentage.large in amount or extent or degree; "it cost a considerable amount"; "a goodly amount"; "received a hefty bonus"; "a respectable sum"…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: corporate, finance, amount, expressed, percentage.large in amount or extent or degree; "it cost a considerable amount"; "a goodly amount"; "received a hefty bonus"; "a respectable sum"…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: corporate, finance, amount, expressed, percentage.large in amount or extent or degree; "it cost a considerable amount"; "a goodly amount"; "received a hefty bonus"; "a respectable sum"…
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