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penciled out

penciled out is the simple past and past participle of pencil out.

Meaning of pencil out

Verb

pencil out (third-person singular simple present pencils out, present participle (US) penciling out or (UK) pencilling out, simple past and past participle (US) penciled out or (UK) pencilled out)

  1. Of an investment, to make sense financially or to be expected to generate the desired returns.
  2. To roughly calculate the expected returns of an investment.

Questions about penciled out

What is penciled out the simple past and past participle of?
Penciled out is the simple past and past participle of pencil out.

Words near penciled out in the dictionary

  1. pencil-thin
  2. pencilbeam
  3. pencilbeams
  4. penciled
  5. penciled in
  6. penciled out
  7. penciler
  8. pencilers
  9. pencilfish
  10. pencilfishes
  11. pencilful

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