accounting rate of return

From: A Dictionary of Accounting | Date: 1999| Author: R. HUSSEY | Copyright information

accounting rate of return An accounting ratio that expresses the profit of an organization before interest and taxation, usually for a year, as a percentage of the capital employed a...

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