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Retention rate
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Retention rateThe percentage of present earnings held back or retained by a corporation, or one minus the dividend payout rate. Also called the retention ratio.
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Earnings
Net income for the company during a period.
Minus
The symbol (-) that precedes the change figure in a stock table to indicate a closing sale lower than that of the previous day.
Dividend
A portion of a company's profit paid to common and preferred shareholders.
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.
Ratio
The relation between two quantifies expressed as the number of times one is greater than the other.
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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.
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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
Profits that are not distributed to shareholders but reinvested or ploughed back (GB) or plowed back (US).
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
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.
Retirement Protection Act of 1994
Legislation designed to protect the pension benefits of workers and retirees by increasing required support of pension plans by employers.
Retracement
A price movement in the opposite direction of the previous trend.
Return
The change in the value of a portfolio over an evaluation period, including any distributions made from the portfolio during that period.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Earnings
Net income for the company during a period.
Minus
The symbol (-) that precedes the change figure in a stock table to indicate a closing sale lower than that of the previous day.
Dividend
A portion of a company's profit paid to common and preferred shareholders.
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.
Ratio
The relation between two quantifies expressed as the number of times one is greater than the other.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
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.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
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
Profits that are not distributed to shareholders but reinvested or ploughed back (GB) or plowed back (US).
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
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.
Retirement Protection Act of 1994
Legislation designed to protect the pension benefits of workers and retirees by increasing required support of pension plans by employers.
Retracement
A price movement in the opposite direction of the previous trend.
Return
The change in the value of a portfolio over an evaluation period, including any distributions made from the portfolio during that period.
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