long-term return
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflong-termandreturn
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long-term
adjective
uk/ˌlɒŋˈtɜːm/us/ˌlɑːŋˈtɝːm/
continuing a long time into ...
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return
noun
uk/rɪˈtɜːn/us/rɪˈtɝːn/
an occasion when someone goes or comes back to a place where they ...
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It accepts that investment will come from public funds and the taxpayers' pocket, without any suggestion of an immediate or anything but an indirectlong-termreturn.
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Frequently, money is put by tenants, of their own volition, into highly costly schemes, such as drainage schemes which will give them only along-termreturn.
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It would offer a great deal in terms of safety, and potentially a much betterlong-termreturn, because the fund would be cash-positive in the short and the long term.
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Thelong-termreturnis that technicians, craftsmen, skilled men and apprentices in the successful shipbuilding yard will have promotion prospects, and this will help to preserve the shipbuilding craft.
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Why thelong-termreturnis relatively constant, remains a mystery.
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By diversifying between growth and value, investors can help manage risk and still have highlong-termreturnpotential.
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Sovereign wealth funds can be characterized as "maximizinglong-termreturn", with foreign exchange reserves serving short-term currency stabilization, and liquidity management.
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Admittedly, a number of companies occasionally put greater emphasis on short-term than on long-term returns.
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One solution is to increase the near-term shortfall risk, and leverage existing assets to gain higher long-term returns.
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A sensibly managed pension fund is one that provides long-term returns that equal the pay-outs required by pensioners.
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These measures were introduced with the agreement of the industry, and are designed to help to protect stocks and increase long-term returns.
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Another solution is to secure short-term needs, but that riskslong-termreturn.
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The decisive factor for the order of magnitude of the second-order interest rate is thelong-termreturnfrom the capital investment of the respective insurance company.
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It is hard because it has along-termreturnand a short-term cost.
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How can anyone be confident about thelong-termreturnwhen they do not even know what rate will be charged?
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Institutions are not looking for thelong-termreturnwhich comes from planting bare land.
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Shares will be bought and sold in order to make a profit or along-termreturn.
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Their programme, with the resources which needed to be mobilised, was a programme with along-termreturn.
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Everybody would then learn the discipline of saving and how good thelong-termreturnon those savings could be.
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