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pencils out

pencils out is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 pencils out

What is pencils out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pencils out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pencil out.

Words near pencils out in the dictionary

  1. pencilmarks
  2. pencilneck
  3. pencilnecks
  4. pencils
  5. pencils in
  6. pencils out
  7. pencilslop
  8. pencilwood
  9. pencilwork
  10. pencioner
  11. pencioners

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