rate of return

Noun

Meaning

the amount returned per unit of time expressed as a percentage of the cost

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

rate ROI return on investment growth rate profit margin income growth appreciation rate capital gain percentage investment performance yield rate amount of profit of an investment gain of an investment gain of an investment over a period loss of an investment over a period capital appreciation
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Hypernyms

rate

Hyponyms

ROI return on investment return on invested capital

Examples

Competition is the final price determinant and competitive prices may result in profits which force you to accept a rate of return less than you hoped for, or for that matter to accept temporary losses. Alfred P. Sloan

The rate of return on Social Security for people nearing retirement is about 1.5 percent. By the time young children like mine are ready to retire, that rate of return will be a negative percentage. Paul Ryan

I don't pretend that I can predict the future value of the growth rate or rate of return. Thomas Piketty

But with a rate of return of 1.6 percent or less, or a negative rate of return, our children and our grandchildren, if we do not make changes, will in fact not have a secure retirement. Indeed, they will not have the funds when they go to retire to even minimally get by. John Shadegg

People forget... that we structured it so that the government, or the people, would be repaid with a really good rate of return. And as it turns out, that aspect of TARP, that's what happened. George W. Bush

I focus on supporting high quality early childhood health care and education. By betting my resources on very young children, I know I'm making an investment that pays guaranteed dividends with a high rate of return. J.B. Pritzker

Close letter words and terms

rate of progress in learning a new skill rate of recurrence rate of respiration rate of return for an investment rate of return on capital rate of rotation