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ROR

ROR is the initialism of rate of return.

ROR is the initialism of release on [one’s own] recognizance.

Meaning of rate of return

Noun

rate of return (plural rates of return)

  1. The amount of profit earned in a reporting period, expressed as a percentage of the cost.
    • Kaufmann (and others) show that macro-policy distortions, such as overvalued exchange rates, trade restrictions, and poor fiscal policies, partially account for the disappointing rates of return.1992, William Ascher, Coping with the Disappointing Rates of Return of Development Projects That Affect the Environment

Questions about ROR

What is ROR the initialism of?
ROR is the initialism of rate of return.

Words near ROR in the dictionary

  1. roquets
  2. roquette
  3. roquettes
  4. roquin
  5. roquinimex
  6. ROR
  7. Rorabaugh
  8. Rorabaughs
  9. Roraima
  10. roral
  11. Rorate Sunday

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ROR (page history and authors); rate of return (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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