retained earnings

[ ri-teynd-ur-ningz ]

/ rɪˈteɪnd ˈɜr nɪŋz /

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plural noun

the accumulated, undistributed earnings of a corporation.

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Also called retained income, earned surplus .

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How to use retained earnings in a sentence

Weeks retained an unparalleled legal team, which included bitter political rivals Hamilton and Burr.
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Russia depends on oil exports for almost 70 percent of its foreign-currency earnings and almost 50 percent of its annual budget.
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The former apprentice engineer retained a lifelong interest in the way things worked.
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And household earnings for illegal immigrants are considerably lower than that of native-born and legal immigrants.
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And Goldin Solutions is not the lone U.S. firm retained by the RDIF.
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But Mrs. Dodd, the present vicar's wife, retained the precious prerogative of choosing the book to be read at the monthly Dorcas.
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The people here retained the same paganism and barbarity, only they were not so dangerous, being conquered by the Muscovites.
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Beginners must be warned against mistaking the edges of cells, or particles which have retained the red stain, for bacilli.
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Their opportunities and earnings are relatively small, and in order to live they must figure closely.
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Then, also, the cours forcee was declared, and the gold carefully retained in the vaults of the bank.
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