1.
collection rate; recovery rate; retrieval rate
Used in contexts ranging from recycling to surveys to financial debt collection
アンケートの回収率は80%だった。
The survey response rate was 80%.
ペットボトルの回収率を上げる取り組み。
Efforts to increase the plastic bottle recycling rate.
この地域���は資源ごみの回収率が全国平均を大きく上回っている。
In this area, the recycling collection rate significantly exceeds the national average.
A compound of 回収 (collection, recovery) + 率 (rate, ratio). The meaning shifts depending on context: in environmental/recycling contexts it means the percentage of materials successfully collected for recycling; in survey research it means the response rate; in finance it refers to the debt recovery rate.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 回収率を上げる: to raise the collection rate
- 回収率が高い: the collection rate is high
- アンケートの回収率: survey response rate
- リサイクル回収率: recycling collection rate
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 回答率: response rate (specifically for questionnaires or surveys)
- 再利用率: reuse rate (percentage of materials actually reused)
- 返却率: return rate (for borrowed items or rentals)