Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• RETAINAGE - in a construction contract, is the money earned by a contractor but not paid to the contrac...
  
  
• RETAINED EARNINGS - profits of the business that have not been paid out to the owners as of the balance...
  
  
• RETAINED EARNINGS STATEMENT - A statement of all transactions affecting the balance of a company's reta...
  
  
• RETAINED PROFIT - see RETAINED EARNINGS.
  
  
• RETAINER - Under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act it is common for the Trustee in Bankruptcy to ask fo...
  
  
• RETAINING WALL - A wall built to hold back or support a bank of earth.
  
  
• RETALIATORY EVICTION - An eviction due to a tenant's complaints to the landlord, a public agency or ten...
  
  
• RETENTION - The number of units allocated to an underwriting syndicate member less the units held back ...
  
  
• RETENTION RATE - The percent of trailing 12-month earnings that have been ploughed back into the compan...
  
  
• RETENTIONS - Portions of contracts that are not paid until all contract provisions are satisfied. Somet...