payout ratio
noun [C]Definition
› ACCOUNTING, FINANCE the percentage of a company's profits that is paid to shareholders in dividends during a particular period of time: Dividends will be only 37% of earnings for the year, the lowest payout ratio since the company began keeping record.
(Definition of payout ratio noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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