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Retained earnings
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Retained earningsProfits that are not distributed to shareholders but reinvested or ploughed back (GB) or plowed back (US).
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Distributed
New Treasury issues in dealers' hands are said to be distributed.
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Retail
Individual and institutional customers as opposed to dealers and brokers.
RETAIL ASSOCIATES Credit Union
RETAIL ASSOCIATES is a credit union with head office in JACKSON, MS
Retail banking
Commercial banks' dealings with individual customers and small businesses.
Retail credit
Credit granted by a firm to consumers for the purchase of goods or services.
Retail Cube Limited
Retail Cube Limited is a large Australian company in the field of retailing. Their Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) code is RCG.
Retail house
A brokerage firm that caters to individual customers rather than large institutions.
Retail investors
Small individual investors who commit capital for their personal account rather than on behalf of another company.
Retail price
The total price charged for a product sold to a customer, which includes the manufacturer's cost plus a retail markup.
Retail price index (RPI) or consumer price index (CPI)
Indices of inflation, weighted averages which measure the cost of essential goods and services.
Retail price maintenance (RPM)
When manufacturers can enforce a particular price for their products, and prevent retailers reducing it.
Retailer
A merchant such as a shopkeeper who sells to the final customer.
Retained earnings statement
A statement of all transactions affecting the balance of a company's retained earnings account.
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Retail investors
Small individual investors who commit capital for their personal account rather than on behalf of another company.
Retail price
The total price charged for a product sold to a customer, which includes the manufacturer's cost plus a retail markup.
Retail price index (RPI) or consumer price index (CPI)
Indices of inflation, weighted averages which measure the cost of essential goods and services.
Retail price maintenance (RPM)
When manufacturers can enforce a particular price for their products, and prevent retailers reducing it.
Retailer
A merchant such as a shopkeeper who sells to the final customer.
Retained earnings
Retained earnings statement
A statement of all transactions affecting the balance of a company's retained earnings account.
Retention
The number of units allocated to an underwriting syndicate member less the units held back by the syndicate manager for facilitating institutional sales and for allocation to nonmember firms. In the context of construction contracts, an amount retained from construction contract payments (5-15% of the contract price) to ensure the contractor completes the construction before the retention is returned.
Retention rate
The percentage of present earnings held back or retained by a corporation, or one minus the dividend payout rate. Also called the retention ratio.
Retire
To extinguish a security, as in paying off a debt.
Retirement
Removal from circulation of stock or bonds that have been reacquired or redeemed.
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Distributed
New Treasury issues in dealers' hands are said to be distributed.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Retail
Individual and institutional customers as opposed to dealers and brokers.
RETAIL ASSOCIATES Credit Union
RETAIL ASSOCIATES is a credit union with head office in JACKSON, MS
Retail banking
Commercial banks' dealings with individual customers and small businesses.
Retail credit
Credit granted by a firm to consumers for the purchase of goods or services.
Retail Cube Limited
Retail Cube Limited is a large Australian company in the field of retailing. Their Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) code is RCG.
Retail house
A brokerage firm that caters to individual customers rather than large institutions.
Retail investors
Small individual investors who commit capital for their personal account rather than on behalf of another company.
Retail price
The total price charged for a product sold to a customer, which includes the manufacturer's cost plus a retail markup.
Retail price index (RPI) or consumer price index (CPI)
Indices of inflation, weighted averages which measure the cost of essential goods and services.
Retail price maintenance (RPM)
When manufacturers can enforce a particular price for their products, and prevent retailers reducing it.
Retailer
A merchant such as a shopkeeper who sells to the final customer.
Retained earnings statement
A statement of all transactions affecting the balance of a company's retained earnings account.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Retail investors
Small individual investors who commit capital for their personal account rather than on behalf of another company.
Retail price
The total price charged for a product sold to a customer, which includes the manufacturer's cost plus a retail markup.
Retail price index (RPI) or consumer price index (CPI)
Indices of inflation, weighted averages which measure the cost of essential goods and services.
Retail price maintenance (RPM)
When manufacturers can enforce a particular price for their products, and prevent retailers reducing it.
Retailer
A merchant such as a shopkeeper who sells to the final customer.
Retained earnings
Retained earnings statement
A statement of all transactions affecting the balance of a company's retained earnings account.
Retention
The number of units allocated to an underwriting syndicate member less the units held back by the syndicate manager for facilitating institutional sales and for allocation to nonmember firms. In the context of construction contracts, an amount retained from construction contract payments (5-15% of the contract price) to ensure the contractor completes the construction before the retention is returned.
Retention rate
The percentage of present earnings held back or retained by a corporation, or one minus the dividend payout rate. Also called the retention ratio.
Retire
To extinguish a security, as in paying off a debt.
Retirement
Removal from circulation of stock or bonds that have been reacquired or redeemed.
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