return on investment

noun

A benefit, usually financial, gained by an investor from an investment.

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ROIreturn on invested capital
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Meanings

nounreturn on investment (countable and uncountable, plural returns on investment)

plural returns on investment

  1. countableuncountablebusinessA benefit, usually financial, gained by an investor from an investment.

    Researchers believe automated coupling would save time and cost, but there are questions about the return on investment when it comes to retrofitting old wagons.

    2025 October 1, Chris Edwards, “Digital network”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 27

    Synonyms: ROI

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA benefit, usually financial, gained by an investor from an investment.

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ROI

More synonyms by meaning

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

Similar
return on invested capitalROI
Broader
rate of return
Also see
roi

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 投資回報率 /投资回报率
  • 投資回報率 /投资回报率 (tóuzī huíbàolǜ)benefit gained by an investor from an investment
Dutch rendement op investering
  • rendement op investeringbenefit gained by an investor from an investment
Esperanto rendimento el investo
  • rendimento el investobenefit gained by an investor from an investment
Finnish sijoitetun pääoman tuotto
  • sijoitetun pääoman tuottobenefit gained by an investor from an investment
French retour sur investissement
  • retour sur investissementbenefit gained by an investor from an investment
Hungarian tőkehozam, befektetés/beruházás megtérülése
  • tőkehozambenefit gained by an investor from an investment
  • befektetés/beruházás megtérülésebenefit gained by an investor from an investment
Indonesian pengembalian investasi, balik modal
  • pengembalian investasibenefit gained by an investor from an investment
  • balik modalbenefit gained by an investor from an investment
Italian ritorno sull'investimento, ritorno sugli investimenti
  • ritorno sull'investimentobenefit gained by an investor from an investment
  • ritorno sugli investimentibenefit gained by an investor from an investment
Japanese 投資収益率
  • 投資収益率 (tōshi shūeki-ritsu)benefit gained by an investor from an investment
Korean 투자자본수익률
  • 투자자본수익률 (tujajabonsu'ingnyul)benefit gained by an investor from an investment
Malay pulangan pelaburan
  • pulangan pelaburanbenefit gained by an investor from an investment
Polish zwrot z inwestycji
  • zwrot z inwestycjibenefit gained by an investor from an investment
Portuguese retorno do investimento
  • retorno do investimentobenefit gained by an investor from an investment
Russian окупаемость
  • окупаемость (okupajemostʹ)benefit gained by an investor from an investment
Spanish retorno de la inversión, retorno sobre los costos
  • retorno de la inversiónbenefit gained by an investor from an investment
  • retorno sobre los costosbenefit gained by an investor from an investment
  • rendimiento de inversiónbenefit gained by an investor from an investment
Tagalog balik ng puhunan
  • balik ng puhunanbenefit gained by an investor from an investment
Vietnamese hoàn vốn đầu tư
  • hoàn vốn đầu tưbenefit gained by an investor from an investment
Cite this entry
APA

return on investment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/return%20on%20investment

MLA

“return on investment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/return%20on%20investment. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “return on investment,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/return%20on%20investment.

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