return on investment

Other forms: returns on investment; return on investments

Definitions of return on investment
  1. noun
    (corporate finance) the amount, expressed as a percentage, that is earned on a company's total capital calculated by dividing the total capital into earnings before interest, taxes, or dividends are paid
    synonyms: ROI, return on invested capital
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    type of:
    rate of return
    the amount returned per unit of time expressed as a percentage of the cost
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