Return
Definition
- Yielding or making a profit.
- Any increase in value, profit, or income that is earned from some sort of purchased item, venture or investment. Technically you could get a "good return" on hockey cards or antiques, but the term is most commonly used when referring to investments.
Synonyms
profit, gain, loss
Alternate Spellings
return on equity, return on assets, return on investments
Related Terms and Acronyms
- Fixed-Return Investments — Definition,
- Investments that provide a stable return.
- Guaranteed Investment Certificate (GIC) — Acronym, Important,
- An investment that pays a set rate of interest over a fixed period of time.
- Indexed Annuity — Definition,
- An annuity where investment performance is pegged to a stock index.
- Inflation-Protected Annuity — Definition,
- An annuity that guarantees a return equal to or above inflation.
- Internal Rate of Return (IRR) — Acronym, Important,
- That rate at which the present worth of all present and future investment costs equals the present worth of all present and future investment benefits.
- Investment — Definition,
- Something you put your money into in order to make money.
- Investment Banking (IBK) — Acronym,
- Bank operations that manage a bank's funding position, as well as its holdings of Treasury bills, bonds and preferred and common stock.
- Investment Income — Definition,
- Income that is earned from investments such as interest, dividends, and capital gains.
- Mutual Fund — Definition,
- A type of investment scheme that pools funds from multiple backers and invests them in securities such as stock or bonds.
- Ratio — Definition,
- Comparison of two figures used to evaluate business performance, such as debt/equity ratio and return on investment.
- Return on Assets (ROA) — Acronym,
- A ratio that shows how profitable a company is when compared to its assets.
- Yield-to-Maturity (YTM) — Acronym,
- The internal rate of return on an investment. Typically takes into account all investment returns and their timing.
