Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• RETROACTIVE LIABILITY - A liability is not limited to the current owner of a property, but includes peo...
  
  
• RETROSPECTIVE REIMBURSEMENT - in healthcare, is where reimbursement came after medical care was deliver...
  
  
• RETURN - Your return is the profit you make on your investments, usually expressed as an annual percent...
  
  
• RETURN ENTRY (RET) - standard entry class code, converting paper returns to automated formats
  
  
• 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...