BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Return
- the income derived from an activity
- the income derived from an activity
- the income derived from an activity
- see Rate Of Return
- see Tax Return
Wiktionary Definition for: Return
- To give something back to its original holder/owner.
- To take something back to a retailer for a refund.
- To come back after some period of time, or at regular intervals.
- To go back in thought, narration, or argument. "But to '''return''' to my story."
- cattag Tennis : To bat the ball in response to a serve over the net.
- cattag Card games : To play a card as a result of another player's lead; '''return''' a trump.
- cricket To throw a ball back to the wicket-keeper (or a fielder at that position) from somewhere in the field.
- computing A character that indicates a new line. Hexadecimal %x0d, decimal 13. Old typewriters had a carriage that lined up the paper with the printing strike-arms; with the advent of electronic typewriters, the "carriage return" key would realign the printing at the left margin, and advance to a new line. Early computers added
(13,10) to indicate a new line, with variations such as (10), (13) and even (10,13). Modern computer use has expanded the meaning to denote a new paragraph. - An item that is '''returned'''.
- computing To go back from a called procedure to the procedure that called it.
- cattag2 Taxation Finance : A report of income submitted to a government for purposes of specifying exact tax payment amounts. A tax return.
- The act of a person '''returning'''. "Upon my '''return'''..."
- A short extention (perpendicular) of a desk, usually slightly lower.
- finance : Gain or loss from an investment. "It yielded a '''return''' of 5%..."
- cattag Football (American) : Catching a ball after a punt, and running it back towards the opposing team.
- cricket A throw from a fielder to the wicket-keeper or to another fielder at the wicket.
Additional Resources
- Calculating Return on Investment
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- Articles 2007-06-26
- Calculating Return on Assets
- Return on Assets is a measure of a company's profitability expressed as a percentage of its total assets, not to be confused with return on capital employed—a nebulous phrase demanding a definition of capital—or return on equity.Return on Assets, also called return on investment, measures how effectively a company has...
- Articles 2007-07-16
- Assessing Risk-adjusted Rate of Return
- Risk-adjusted Rate of Return is a performance measure that adjusts for the initial risk an investor takes at the time of a purchase.Every investor works with risk, but if they can quantify it, they should be able to make more informed decisions about which risks are worth taking. Calculating risk-adjusted...
- Articles 2007-12-12
- DWS Dreman High Return Equity Fund: All That Glitters Isn't Gold
- David Dreman is a rarity in the mutual fund industry -- he's a fund manager who has actually beaten his benchmark over the long term. Since 1988, his DWS Dreman High Return Equity Fund has earned 8.3 percent annually, slightly outpacing the Russell 3000 Value Index's eight percent return. Despite...
- Blog posts 2009-04-27
- Improving the Return on Customer Events
- Staging a customer event can represent a major investment. To improve the return on investment, companies need to improve event promotion and pre-event marketing to attract more customers, as well as post-event communications to strengthen relations. What You Need to KnowIs it realistic to expect a return on...
- Articles 2007-11-05
- A Global Fixed Income Approach to Absolute Return
- This paper describes how an unconstrained long-only global fixed income strategy, managed against the Lehman Brothers Global Aggregate Index, can serve as the framework for an absolute return strategy. Both strategies would have the same investment universe, but the absolute return strategy would include long and short positions. In an...
- White papers 2005-03-01
- 10 Year Return on the S&P 500 Since 1955
- Below we highlight the simple rolling ten year return on the S&P 500 since 1955 (note that this is simple return, not total return). The shaded areas on the chart are periods of negative return. The great bull market lasting from 1982 to 2000 brought this calculation has...
- External links 2009-10-13
- Electronic return label debuts
- In a case of how-come-nobody-ever-thought-of-that-- before, shipping giant UPS has debuted the UPS Electronic Return Label, a return shipping label that e-retailers and other companies can e- mail customers who need to return merchandise. Upon receipt, cuIn a case of how-come-nobody-ever-thought-of-that-- before, shipping giant UPS has debuted the UPS Electronic...
- Research articles 2002-02-01
- Donoghue's Diversified Sector Portfolio Reports Three-Year Gross Total Performance 4.09 Times Benchmark S&P 500's Total Return; Out-Performs 99% of All Equity Mutual Funds
- Business Editors MILFORD, Mass.--BUSINESS WIRE--June 12, 2001 For the past three years to 05/31/01, Donoghue's Diversified Equity Portfolio has earned an average annualized return of 25.02%(1) (95.42% total return) or 4.09 times the benchmark S&P 500's return of 6.11% (102.09% total return). For further comparison, the Dow-Jones...
- Research articles 2001-06-12
- Redknee Inc. Introduces Call Return Service To O2 Ireland
- Redknee Inc. today announced that O2 Ireland, one of Ireland's leading mobile communications providers, has selected Redknee's Call Return services using Redknee's Call Return and Call Control. O2 Ireland's Call Return service, available immediately to customers, simplifies the return of voice mail calls for O2 Ireland's post paid and prepaid...
- Research articles 1970-01-01
- Postal strike is no excuse for filing a late tax return
- HM Revenue & Customs HMRC is urging taxpayers who had been planning to submit their tax return by post to deliver it by hand to their nearest tax office to ensure it arrives on time. HMRC has refused to waive the October 31 deadline for postal tax returns, despite intermittent...
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- White papers 1995-01-01
- Risk and Return Perceptions of Institutional Investors
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- White papers 2003-01-01
- Internal Rate of Return: A Cautionary Tale - Tempted by a Project With a High Internal Rate of Return? Better Check Those Interim Cash Flows Again
- Many executives use the internal rate of return as the measure of a proposed project's long-term value. This approach does have intuitive appeal, but the complicated model used to calculate the internal rate of return makes certain assumptions that exaggerate a project's true value. Companies and their advisers use the...
- White papers 2004-08-01
- Silent station clearing for return. (FCC allowing Concord, CA-based KRHT(AM) to return to air) (Washington Week)(Brief Article)
- An FCC administrative law judge last week cleared a silent radio station for return to air. KRHTAM Concord, Calif., which suspended operations in 1993, told the commission it hopes to return to air before Feb. 9, 1997. ... An FCC administrative law judge last...
- Research articles 1996-11-04
- Morgan Stanley Investment Management Launches the Alternative Investment Partners Absolute Return Fund STS ; Absolute Return Fund STS Demonstrates Further Enhancement of Alternative Investment Offerings
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- Research articles 2006-08-07
- Filing a return by regular mail can be risky.(REFUNDS)(Brief Article)
- Filing a return by regular mail can be risky, a couple learns. They mailed a refund return to IRS just before the expiration of the statute of limitations. Months later, when the refund hadn't come, they asked IRS about it and were told their return ...
- Research articles 2004-09-24
- Final Regs Clarify Interaction Between Qualified Amended Return And Filing For Reportable Transaction Purposes
- * T.D. 9309 Treasury and the IRS have issued final regs under Code Sec. 6664, relating to the filing of a qualified amended return. The regulations clarify the interaction between a qualified amended return and filing for reportable transaction purposes. * Comment. A qualified amended return is used by the...
- Research articles 2006-10-01
- Special Report: Absolute Return Strategies - It's time to start thinking in absolutes.
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- Research articles 2005-12-01
- Brighton Bank has state's best return on average equity
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