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J-curve

noun

C2CEFR level
80/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

The pattern by which a fund's returns dip early under fees and markdowns before appreciating later.

LPs know the J-curve, but a third year still underwater makes the annual meeting tense.

Topic: Deals in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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