average accounting return

average accounting return definition - finance
The average return that is calculated on an investment. It is calculated by taking the average projected earnings after taxes and depreciation and dividing them by the average book value of the investment during its projected lifetime.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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