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  2. Return - Wikipedia

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    Return statement, a computer programming statement that ends a subroutine and resumes execution where the subroutine was called; Return code, a method of messaging status in software; Aux-return, the input complement of an Aux-send output "Return", synonym of "register", "grille" in HVAC system

  3. Glossary of economics - Wikipedia

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    Also called resource cost advantage. The ability of a party (whether an individual, firm, or country) to produce a greater quantity of a good, product, or service than competitors using the same amount of resources. absorption The total demand for all final marketed goods and services by all economic agents resident in an economy, regardless of the origin of the goods and services themselves ...

  4. Returns to scale - Wikipedia

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    In economics, the concept of returns to scale arises in the context of a firm's production function.It explains the long-run linkage of increase in output (production) relative to associated increases in the inputs (factors of production).

  5. Returns (economics) - Wikipedia

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    In Classical Economics profit is the return to the proprietor(s) of capital stocks (machinery, tools, structures). If I lease a backhoe from a tool rental company the amount I pay to the backhoe owner it is seen by me as "rent". But that same flow as seen by the supplier of the backhoe is "interest" (i.e. the return to loaned stock/money).

  6. Diminishing returns - Wikipedia

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    Parents could provide abundantly more food and healthcare essentials for their family. That is a significantly increasing rate of return. But, if you gave the same increase to a wealthy family, the impact it would have on their life would be minor. Therefore, the rate of return provided by that average increase in income is diminishing.

  7. Operating margin - Wikipedia

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    Return on sales (ROS) is net profit as a percentage of sales revenue. ROS is an indicator of profitability and is often used to compare the profitability of companies and industries of differing sizes. Significantly, ROS does not account for the capital used to generate the profit. In a survey of nearly 200 senior marketing managers, 69 percent ...

  8. Clawback - Wikipedia

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    The term clawback or claw back refers to any money or benefits that have been given out, but are required to be returned (clawed back) due to special circumstances or events, such as the monies having been received as the result of a financial crime, or where there is a clawback provision in the executive compensation contract.

  9. Ex-ante - Wikipedia

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    The term ex-ante (sometimes written ex ante or exante) is a New Latin phrase meaning "before the event". [1]In economics, ex-ante or notional demand refers to the desire for goods and services that is not backed by the ability to pay for those goods and services.