hurdle rate

hurdle rate definition - finance
  1. The minimum rate of return that would justify a capital investment.
  2. The minimum return that an investment manager must earn before he or she can earn a performance-based fee.

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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