pay back rate

English translation: rate of amortization of the initial investment

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English term or phrase:	pay back rate
Selected answer:	rate of amortization of the initial investment
Entered by:	airmailrpl

09:20 Jun 18, 2005

English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Engineering: Industrial

English term or phrase: pay back rate

Hello, this is from a text about investments in machine equipment.

Can *pay back rate* be understood as equivalent to *payback period*?

Operating with high accuracy, speed and consistency, processors and packers throughout the meat and poultry industry will gain real commercial benefits from this innovation, at excellent pay back rates.

Peter Gennet KudoZ activity Questions: 484 (3 open) (10 closed without grading) Answers: 809 Austria
Local time: 05:03

Explanation:
Can *pay back rate* be understood as equivalent to *payback period*? => no

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Note added at 7 mins (2005-06-18 09:27:40 GMT)
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payback period = (debt)/(net pay-back rate)

Box 2e - Table 2
(debt) / (net pay-back rate) = pay-back time. F11, Rate of change future debt footprint. F12, Environmental and societal impact: Ratio of external costs of ...
www.icsu-scope.org/downloadpubs/scope58/box2e-tab2.html

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Note added at 18 mins (2005-06-18 09:38:46 GMT)
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*pay back rate* => rate of amortization of the initial investment

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airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 00:03

Grading comment

Thanks, rate of amortization of the initial investment sounds perfectly good here.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

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5 +3

airmailrpl

4 +1

pay back rate = "profit rate" or "returns"

Steffen Pollex (X)

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9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

pay back rate = "profit rate" or "returns"

Explanation:
"...will gain real commercial benefits from this innovation, at excellent pay back rates".

I think the meaning is that "using this equipment will PAY BACK", i.e. will bring profit.

Steffen Pollex (X)
Local time: 05:03
Native speaker of:

German,

Russian

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 00:03
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

Thanks, rate of amortization of the initial investment sounds perfectly good here.

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