Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

excess return

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.17 in modern English

Syllables
ex-cess re-turn
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The return that exceeds the risk-free return.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does excess return mean?
The return that exceeds the risk-free return.

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