Gewinnthesaurierung

German

Etymology

Gewinn (profit) +‎ Thesaurierung (accumulation/hoarding) From Ancient Greek θησαυρός (thēsaurós, treasure, storehouse).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡəˈvɪntezaʊ̯ˌʁiːʁʊŋ]
  • Hyphenation: Ge‧winn‧the‧sau‧rie‧rung

Noun

Gewinnthesaurierung f (genitive Gewinnthesaurierung, plural Gewinnthesaurierungen)

  1. (finance, accounting) plowback, retention of profits (the practice of retaining earnings within a company to fund future growth rather than distributing them as dividends)
    Durch konsequente Gewinnthesaurierung konnte das Startup seine Forschung im Wissenssektor ohne Bankkredite finanzieren.
    Through consistent retention of profits, the startup was able to fund its research in the knowledge sector without bank loans.

Declension

Synonyms

  • Selbstfinanzierung (self-financing)
  • Gewinneinbehaltung (retention of earnings)

Antonyms

Coordinate terms

  • Gewinnrücklagen (the balance sheet positions where thesaurized profits are stored)
  • Innenfinanzierung (financing generated from within the company's own operations)
  • Jahresüberschuss (the net income which can either be distributed or retained)
  • Investitionsquote (the ratio of investments to total assets, often fueled by thesaurization)
  • Eigenkapitalquote (the share of total assets financed by the company's own funds)
  • thesaurieren (to retain/accumulate earnings)
  • thesaurierend (accumulating; often used for investment funds)