Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
pay back rate
English answer:
rate of amortization of the initial investment
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airmailrpl
Jun 18, 2005 09:20
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pay back rate
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Hello, this is from a text about investments in machine equipment.
Can *pay back rate* be understood as equivalent to *payback period*?
Operating with high accuracy, speed and consistency, processors and packers throughout the meat and poultry industry will gain real commercial benefits from this innovation, at excellent pay back rates.
Can *pay back rate* be understood as equivalent to *payback period*?
Operating with high accuracy, speed and consistency, processors and packers throughout the meat and poultry industry will gain real commercial benefits from this innovation, at excellent pay back rates.
Responses
| 5 +3 | no |
airmailrpl
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| 4 +1 | pay back rate = "profit rate" or "returns" |
Steffen Pollex (X)
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no
Can *pay back rate* be understood as equivalent to *payback period*? => no
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Note added at 7 mins (2005-06-18 09:27:40 GMT)
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payback period = (debt)/(net pay-back rate)
Box 2e - Table 2
(debt) / (net pay-back rate) = pay-back time. F11, Rate of change future debt footprint. F12, Environmental and societal impact: Ratio of external costs of ...
www.icsu-scope.org/downloadpubs/scope58/box2e-tab2.html
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Note added at 18 mins (2005-06-18 09:38:46 GMT)
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*pay back rate* => rate of amortization of the initial investment
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Note added at 7 mins (2005-06-18 09:27:40 GMT)
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payback period = (debt)/(net pay-back rate)
Box 2e - Table 2
(debt) / (net pay-back rate) = pay-back time. F11, Rate of change future debt footprint. F12, Environmental and societal impact: Ratio of external costs of ...
www.icsu-scope.org/downloadpubs/scope58/box2e-tab2.html
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Note added at 18 mins (2005-06-18 09:38:46 GMT)
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*pay back rate* => rate of amortization of the initial investment
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks, rate of amortization of the initial investment sounds perfectly good here."
+1
9 mins
pay back rate = "profit rate" or "returns"
"...will gain real commercial benefits from this innovation, at excellent pay back rates".
I think the meaning is that "using this equipment will PAY BACK", i.e. will bring profit.
I think the meaning is that "using this equipment will PAY BACK", i.e. will bring profit.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Norbert Hermann
: returns
7 mins
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| neutral |
airmailrpl
: could be the rate of amortization of the initial investment
8 mins
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