rentabilityn.

Brit.

/ˌrɛntəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌrɛn(t)əˈbɪlᵻdi/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rentable adj., -ity suffix.

Etymology: < rentable adj. + -ity suffix: see -bility suffix.

1. The fact or condition of being rentable.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > buying > hiring or renting > [noun] > ability to be hired or rented

rentability1818

1818 R. Whately Misc. Remains (1864) 13 It is the rent (or rather the rentability) that makes the price high.

1890 Rep. Court of Appeals N.Y. 119 544 The class of tenants, the changes made in the property, and the rentability of property were pertinent to the issue.

1905 Econ. Jrnl. 15 278 The rent, or, at any rate, the rent-paying power or rentability of the land.

1973 Amer. Jrnl. Econ. & Sociol. 32 26 The presence of pioneer settlers further enhances the rentability of surrounding lands.

2009 C. Venezia Buying Second Home (ed. 2) 130 While this is a key question for tortoises, hares should consider rentability as well, just in case their resale plans don't work out as expected.

2. Economics. The fact or condition of giving an adequate ratio of profit to capital.In early use esp. with reference to the development of new railways.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > profit > [noun] > profitableness

profitabilitya1500

profitableness1590

lucriferousness1663

lucrativeness1726

remunerativeness1845

rentability1847

payability1890

bankability1933

1847 Morning Chron. 19 Jan. 5/5 Railway enterprise and speculation were then in its infancy in Austria; no great lines had been completed to test their rentability.

1856 Hunt's Merchants' Mag. 35 48 I will give to him the benefit of his own estimate, viz., six years' time and $40,000,000 cost, and will turn my attention now to the rentability of the enterprise—a chapter which the mercantile reader more readily will appreciate.

1882 Jrnl. U.S. Assoc. Charcoal Iron Workers 3 130 Quite a number of papers were prepared with a view of showing the rentability of tree-planting.

1922 W. Schlich Man. Forestry (ed. 4) I. ii. 107 These changes should not, in the long run, seriously affect the rentability of the forest industry.

1964 Financial Times 3 Mar. 5/2 Rentability is the ratio of an undertaking's profits to its capital.

1992 S. Lombardini in A. Vercelli & N. Dimitri Macroeconomics xv. 434 When certain inequalities (such as inequality between the rate of assets rentability and the rate of interest) are reversed, individuals may find it convenient suddenly to change their behaviour (for instance, to stop purchasing assets and to increase their money funds).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rentability
释义	rentabilityn. Brit. /ˌrɛntəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /ˌrɛn(t)əˈbɪlᵻdi/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rentable adj., -ity suffix. Etymology: < rentable adj. + -ity suffix: see -bility suffix. 1. The fact or condition of being rentable. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > buying > hiring or renting > [noun] > ability to be hired or rented rentability1818 1818 R. Whately Misc. Remains (1864) 13 It is the rent (or rather the rentability) that makes the price high. 1890 Rep. Court of Appeals N.Y. 119 544 The class of tenants, the changes made in the property, and the rentability of property were pertinent to the issue. 1905 Econ. Jrnl. 15 278 The rent, or, at any rate, the rent-paying power or rentability of the land. 1973 Amer. Jrnl. Econ. & Sociol. 32 26 The presence of pioneer settlers further enhances the rentability of surrounding lands. 2009 C. Venezia Buying Second Home (ed. 2) 130 While this is a key question for tortoises, hares should consider rentability as well, just in case their resale plans don't work out as expected. 2. Economics. The fact or condition of giving an adequate ratio of profit to capital.In early use esp. with reference to the development of new railways. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > profit > [noun] > profitableness profitabilitya1500 profitableness1590 lucriferousness1663 lucrativeness1726 remunerativeness1845 rentability1847 payability1890 bankability1933 1847 Morning Chron. 19 Jan. 5/5 Railway enterprise and speculation were then in its infancy in Austria; no great lines had been completed to test their rentability. 1856 Hunt's Merchants' Mag. 35 48 I will give to him the benefit of his own estimate, viz., six years' time and $40,000,000 cost, and will turn my attention now to the rentability of the enterprise—a chapter which the mercantile reader more readily will appreciate. 1882 Jrnl. U.S. Assoc. Charcoal Iron Workers 3 130 Quite a number of papers were prepared with a view of showing the rentability of tree-planting. 1922 W. Schlich Man. Forestry (ed. 4) I. ii. 107 These changes should not, in the long run, seriously affect the rentability of the forest industry. 1964 Financial Times 3 Mar. 5/2 Rentability is the ratio of an undertaking's profits to its capital. 1992 S. Lombardini in A. Vercelli & N. Dimitri Macroeconomics xv. 434 When certain inequalities (such as inequality between the rate of assets rentability and the rate of interest) are reversed, individuals may find it convenient suddenly to change their behaviour (for instance, to stop purchasing assets and to increase their money funds). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1818
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