hurdle rate
Britishnoun
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At the end of the trust’s term, any appreciation that is above a hurdle rate set by the Internal Revenue Service goes to heirs free of gift and estate taxes.
From Barron's ● May 16, 2026
If the value doesn’t rise above the hurdle rate, the assets return to the grantor’s estate and the trust is dissolved.
From Barron's ● May 16, 2026
Asked if he could buy Spirit, Minicucci touts Alaska’s record of acquiring Virgin America and Hawaiian Airlines, but says there is a “really, really high” hurdle rate for mergers and acquisitions in aviation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
High interest rates also raised the "hurdle" rate of return, snuffing out investments that in the past would have been profitable.
From New York Times ● Jan. 1, 2013
“Capital ratios already have extremely thick buffers above this required hurdle rate and they simply don’t have a lot of exposure to volatility to sovereign debt prices.”
From BusinessWeek ● Oct. 21, 2011
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