Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• RETURN IF EXERCISED - The return that a covered call writer would make if the underlying stock were cal...
  
  
• RETURN ITEM - a check that has been rejected from the institution on which it is drawn
  
  
• RETURN OF CAPITAL - the distribution of cash that resulted from tax savings on depreciation, sale of a ...
  
  
• RETURN ON ASSETS - A measure of a company's profitability; equal to a fiscal year's earnings divided by...
  
  
• RETURN ON ASSETS (ROA) - A percentage calculated by dividing net income after tax by total assets. Annu...
  
  
• RETURN ON AVERAGE ASSETS - a financial measurement of the efficiency with which a business uses its ass...
  
  
• RETURN ON AVERAGE COMMON EQUITY - Net income available to common stockholders, as a percentage of avera...
  
  
• RETURN ON CAPITAL - The return earned by an investor from a specific investment or group of investments...
  
  
• RETURN ON CAPITAL EMPLOYED (ROCE) - Indicator of profitability of the firm's capital investments. Deter...
  
  
• RETURN ON EQUITY - Return on equity measures how much a company earns within a specific period in relat...