The hurdle rate is the minimum acceptable return on an investment-i.e. the project appropriate discount rate.

Though charities can normally expect to generate a minimum return on their investment of 3:1 over the duration of a donor's giving relationship with them.

The consortium was guaranteed a minimum 15% annual return.

The deal only completed if a minimum number of consumers signed up, therefore assuring the merchant a minimum return.

We're managing-very slowly and with minimum return on maximum effort-to break through to some of them.

The two sources of the minimum return are:

And that means the minimum possible return.

Most firms have promised investors minimum returns and they have already fallen below them.

This guarantees both principal and a minimum return of 3 percent on an investment in a money market fund.

The brokerage houses had guaranteed minimum returns to clients, which is prohibited.