Usually means: Estimate years to double investment.
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  1. rule of 72: Dictionary.com
  2. rule of 72: Wiktionary

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  3. Rule-of-72: bizterms.net
  4. rule of 72: Finance-Glossary.com
  5. Rule of 72: Management Dictionary
  6. Rule Of 72: Investopedia
  7. rule of 72: Financial dictionary
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  1. Rule of 72: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics

Definitions from Wiktionary (rule of 72)

noun:  (finance) A means of estimating an investment's doubling time. 72 is divided by the interest percentage per period (usually years) to obtain the approximate number of periods required for doubling.

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