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Discover LudwigThe phrase "actual return" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in financial contexts to refer to the real profit or loss generated by an investment after accounting for factors like inflation or costs.
Example: "The actual return on the investment was significantly lower than the projected return due to unexpected market fluctuations."
Alternatives: "real return" or "net return".
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What are the right parameters that must be in place for a particular business outcome to actually come about?" And, "What is the actual return on investment?
At least one letter had a collector's actual return address.
Microsoft has never disclosed its actual return rates.
The actual return over the last 10 years averaged only 2.6 percent.
His actual return to Santiago in March was one of forced triumphalism by his supporters.
But the actual return of the cars may be the least of the county's problems.
And the expected (rather than the actual) return is recorded as income in the profit and loss account.
By contrast, it calculates, the actual return for the average investor in the fund was worse: down 32.7percentt.
Its actual return, in March, was an early confirmation of the scope and power of the Newtonian theory.
The Treasury estimated raising the rate to 50% should bring in £6.2bn, but the actual return was a puny £100m.
Alpha measures the difference between a fund's actual return and its expected return, or beta, over three years.
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