Internal rate of return
Internal rate of return (also known by its acronym, IRR) is the discount rate that forces a project's NPV to equal zero.
Definitions
According to Fundamentals of Financial Management by Eugene F. Brigham and Joel F. Houston (15th edition),
- Internal rate of return (IRR). The discount rate that forces a project's NPV to equal zero.
Related concepts
- Financial management. A combination of enterprise efforts undertaken in order to procure and utilize monetary resources of the enterprise.