"ROE" meaning in English

See ROE in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: ROEs [plural], RoE [alternative], R.O.E. [alternative], R. O. E. [alternative], R.o.E. [alternative], R. o. E. [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ROE (plural ROEs)
  1. (accounting) Initialism of return on equity, a measure of how well a company used reinvested earnings to generate additional earnings. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: return on equity (extra: a measure of how well a company used reinvested earnings to generate additional earnings) Related terms: ROI [finance, business], ROR [finance, business]
    Sense id: en-ROE-en-noun-ZaRIX7mD Categories (other): Accounting, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 41 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 33 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 37 14 Topics: accounting, business, finance
  2. (military) Initialism of rule(s) of engagement, a/the rule(s) governing when to fire or return fire. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: rule(s) of engagement, a/the rule(s) governing when to fire or return fire
    Sense id: en-ROE-en-noun-nZmM1ctr Categories (other): Military, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 41 10 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  3. Abbreviation of record of employment. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: record of employment
    Sense id: en-ROE-en-noun-nnjZGfAb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 41 10

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for ROE meaning in English (2.3kB)

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