Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun return_on_investment

1 sense of return on investment

Sense 1
return on invested capital, return on investment, ROI -- ((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)
       => rate of return -- (the amount returned per unit of time expressed as a percentage of the cost)