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Noun: return on investment
  1. (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
    - return on invested capital, ROI

Derived forms: return on investments, returns on investment

Type of: rate of return

Encyclopedia: Return on investment