satisfactory return

collocation in English

meaningsofsatisfactoryandreturn

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satisfactory
adjective
uk
/ˌsæt.ɪsˈfæk.tər.i/us
/ˌsæt̬.ɪsˈfæk.tɚ.i/
good or good enough for a particular need ...
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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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(Definition ofsatisfactoryandreturnfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A proper application of inflation accounting will show that companies have not been making asatisfactoryreturnon capital employed during the last few years.
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The firm which is not producing asatisfactoryreturnon the capital employed will soon be put out of business.
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Asatisfactoryreturnis received from these leases, which have no effect on housing rents.
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Nowhere does it appear to grasp the fact that asatisfactoryreturnin terms of the railway network might be a cost-effective railway system.
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I should have thought that 3 million shares applied for by the employees was a prettysatisfactoryreturn.
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This is simply the cost of supply on a continuing basis, including replacement capital cost and asatisfactoryreturnon capital employed.
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I hope that producers' hard toil and expensively borrowed capital will earn them asatisfactoryreturncompared to other industries.
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This is simply the cost of supply on a continuing basis including replacement capital cost and asatisfactoryreturnon capital employed.
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Will he tell us how he expects to achieve that, and what he would regard as asatisfactoryreturn?
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Thus, more and more private and public corporations are fixing their pricing policy in such a way as to secure asatisfactoryreturnon capital.
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They expect asatisfactoryreturnon their investment.
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Throughout its report the committee appears to consider asatisfactoryreturnsimply on the narrow ground of a surplus on the balance sheet.
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There is also provision to safeguard the area boards so that they may obtain asatisfactoryreturnon their assets.
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We need to be satisfied that, over the full life of the project, this investment would earn asatisfactoryreturn.
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Having regard to the expected rate of growth of world traffic, such a rise would give a very good prospect of the system's earning asatisfactoryreturn.
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The company was sold for £190 million in an open and wide-ranging competition to the bidder who made the highest offer—a highlysatisfactoryreturnfor the taxpayer.
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For investments over £75 million (or where thesatisfactoryreturnfrom a smaller investment is dependent on further linked investment) the approval of ministers will be required.
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However, this comparatively small percentage acts as a support to the market and ensures a reasonably stable andsatisfactoryreturnto the producer for this type of stock.
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It will depend on the board's progress towards achieving its objectives, which include that of earning asatisfactoryreturnon its assets in real terms after payment of social grants.
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At the same time, especially with beef's long production cycle, producers need an assurance of asatisfactoryreturn; otherwise, they cannot be expected to make the necessary long-term investment.
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