return on investment

American  

noun

1. the amount of profit, before tax and after depreciation, from an investment made, usually expressed as a percentage of the original total cost invested. ROI

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Example Sentences

The company said it was unlikely to be able to make its required rate of return on investment in new land acquisitions due to rising tax and regulatory burdens on residential developments.

From The Wall Street Journal

But it does reaffirm Lilly’s commitment to its strategy at a time when enterprises are feeling pressure to adopt the technology, even as questions linger around the return on investment.

From Barron's

For Andy Constan, CEO of research firm Damped Spring, the rotation away from Big Tech was inspired by uncertainty surrounding the return on investment in AI spending.

From MarketWatch

The market gets caught up in certain debates about the timing of cycles or whether the return on investment is real.

From Barron's

“It is a question of values, a question of return on investment,” said Carolina Milanesi, a consumer-tech analyst at Creative Strategies.

From MarketWatch