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. The New York Times Financial Glossary … Financial and business terms
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 . Bloomberg Financial Dictionary … Financial and business terms
Retention ratio — indicates the percentage of a company s earnings that are not paid out in dividends but credited to retained earnings. It is the opposite of the dividend payout ratio, so that also called the retention rate.Retention Ratio = 1 Dividend Payout… … Wikipedia
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… … Financial and business terms
retention ratio — UK US noun [S] ACCOUNTING, FINANCE ► the percentage of a company s profits that it decides to keep, rather than paying it to the shareholders as a dividend (= part of the profit that is paid to shareholders): »The higher the retention ratio (i.e … Financial and business terms
earnings retention rate — The percent of current period earnings retained by the firm as opposed to being paid out as dividends or partners withdrawals. The after tax net income minus dividends then divided by the after tax net income. Not to be confused with retained… … Financial and business terms
Retention basin — Trounce Pond, a retention basin landscaped with natural grassland plants, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada … Wikipedia
Churn Rate — Abwanderungsrate, Kundenverlustrate, Begriff aus dem Kundenbindungsmanagement, Kunstwort aus Change (Wechsel) und Turn (Abkehr); gibt den Anteil abgewanderter Kunden einer Periode an, bezogen auf den durchschnittlichen Kundenbestand in diesem… … Lexikon der Economics
customer retention — UK US noun [U] COMMERCE ► the fact of keeping a customer for a period of time: customer retention rate/ratio »The firm s customer retention rate has remained steady at 82% … Financial and business terms
Customer retention — is the activity that a selling organization undertakes in order to reduce customer defections. Successful customer retention starts with the first contact an organisation has with a customer and continues throughout the entire lifetime of a… … Wikipedia
