reasonable return

collocation in English

meaningsofreasonableandreturn

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reasonable
adjective
uk
/ˈriː.zən.ə.bəl/us
/ˈriː.zən.ə.bəl/
based on or using good judgment and therefore fair ...
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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 ofreasonableandreturnfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Necessary adjustments were not made to suit the changing economic conditions to ensure areasonablereturnto grain growers.
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Each nation wanted to go on whaling until it had either got areasonablereturnon its investment or found cheaper substitutes for its products, or both.
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This would directly reflect the rationale of the system in securing to the owner areasonablereturn on the intellectual property without limiting the general availability of the intellectual property.
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Areasonablereturnon investment is important and should be taken into consideration.
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The third thing of importance is to ensure areasonablereturnon investment.
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The financial objectives agreed with these industries are intended to secure areasonablereturnon the capital invested in them.
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All that he wants is areasonablereturnon his investment, and to keep in front of any fall in the value of the £.
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We have to look for realistic prices which provide areasonablereturnto those who produce food reasonably efficiently.
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I do not know what is considered areasonablereturnon capital these days in a risky undertaking such as agriculture.
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It is still true that car manufacturers can make areasonablereturnon capital.
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We have to ration them pretty severely and it is not unreasonable in those circumstances that we should expect areasonablereturnfrom foreign countries.
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The authority has an obligation to become self-supporting; that is, to recover the whole of its costs and to earn areasonablereturnon capital.
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There is a distinction between losing money and getting areasonablereturnfor it.
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We do not believe the size of that burden will discourage exploration or development, or deprive the industry of areasonablereturn.
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Our system gives reasonable prices to the consumer and areasonablereturnto farmers, it encourages good husbandry and it supports a healthy rural economy.
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How he expects to get investment if people do not get areasonablereturnfor their investment is a mystery.
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He further encouraged me to believe that he was not opposed to their receiving areasonablereturnon their money.
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I suppose by that he means that there is no guarantee for those who invest their money that they will get areasonablereturn.
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It is not reasonable rate of interest; it isreasonablereturnon capital.
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Wages are coming down, the cost of capital is coming down, thereasonablereturnupon capital is coming down.
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