Usually means: Profits saved for future use.
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  1. retained earnings: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. retained earnings: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. retained earnings: Collins English Dictionary
  4. retained earnings: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. retained earnings: Dictionary.com
  6. Retained Earnings, Retained earnings: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  8. retained earnings: Wiktionary

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  1. retained earnings: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
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  5. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  6. Retained Earnings: bizterms.net
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  8. Retained Earnings: FACS Journalist's Guide to Economic Terms
  9. retained earnings: Finance-Glossary.com
  10. Retained Earnings: Management Dictionary
  11. Retained Earnings: Investopedia
  12. Retained Earnings: Financial dictionary
  13. Accounting, Business Studies and Economics Dictionary (No longer online)
  14. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)
  15. Yahoo Tax Center Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (retained earnings)

▸ noun:  (accounting) The amount of net income left over for a business after it has paid out dividends to its shareholders.

Similar:
net earnings, earnings, earnout, transfer earnings, revenue, payout, remainder, net income, economic rent, take-home pay, more...

Opposite:
paid-out earnings, dividends

Types:
net income, operating income, profit, more...

Phrases:
statement of retained earnings, retained earnings statement, more...

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Similar:
net earnings, earnings, earnout, transfer earnings, revenue, payout, remainder, net income, economic rent, take-home pay, more...

Opposite:
paid-out earnings, dividends

Types:
net income, operating income, profit, more...

Phrases:
statement of retained earnings, retained earnings statement, more...



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