RATE OF RETURN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rate of return mean? 

• RATE OF RETURN (noun)
  The noun RATE OF RETURN has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: RATE OF RETURN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RATE OF RETURN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("rate of return" is a kind of...):

rate (a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rate of return"):

return on invested capital; return on investment; ROI ((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)