performance

performance definition - business

performance

  1. The degree to which a feat is being or has been accomplished. For example, the level of success of a salesperson in achieving a monthly goal of writing orders for new customers.
  2. The return provided by an investment.
  3. In law, satisfying an obligation.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Business Terms Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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