Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• TARGET PAYOUT RATIO
  
  A firm's long-run dividend-to-earnings ratio. The firm's policy is to attempt to pay out a certain percentage of earnings, but it pays a stated dollar dividend and adjusts it to the target as base line increases in earnings occur.
  
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