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Return on investment

nounid 3894·updated Aug 28, 2026
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A measure of operating performance and efficiency, computed in its simplest form by dividing net income by the total investment over the period being considered

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Variants

acronym
ROI
synonym
return on invested capital
alternatephrasing
Return on Investment
plural
Return on investments
possessive
Return on investment's
pluralpossessive
Return on investments'

Framework definitions

ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary1 senseview framework →
§1
A measure of operating performance and efficiency, computed in its simplest form by dividing net income by the total investment over the period being considered
Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
§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
NIST SP 800-172r31 senseview framework →
§1 · acronym list
ROI: Return on Investment
Attribution from the CKI glossary mapping stage (acronym list)
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
A measure of operating performance and efficiency, computed in its simplest form by dividing net income by the total investment over the period being considered
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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