"ROI" meaning in English

See ROI in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} ROI
  1. Initialism of Republic of Ireland. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Republic of Ireland
    Sense id: en-ROI-en-name-Waa4JTVE Categories (other): Ireland Disambiguation of Ireland: 100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Noun

Forms: ROIs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ROI (plural ROIs)
  1. (accounting) Initialism of return on investment. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: return on investment Translations (return on investment — see also return on investment): ROI (Finnish), ROI [masculine] (French), RSI [masculine] (Spanish), ROI [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-ROI-en-noun-en:return_on_investment Categories (other): Accounting Topics: accounting, business, finance Disambiguation of 'return on investment — see also return on investment': 44 11 17 2 0 26
  2. (imaging) Initialism of region of interest (in digital images, microscopy: in 3-dim-specimen reconstructions by consecutive sectioning). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: region of interest (extra: in digital images, microscopy: in 3-dim-specimen reconstructions by consecutive sectioning)
    Sense id: en-ROI-en-noun-en:region_of_interest__in_imaging Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 2 27 30 8 1 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 1 28 32 5 0 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 1 29 33 5 1 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 1 2 27 32 4 1 33
  3. (military, espionage) Initialism of region of interest. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: region of interest
    Sense id: en-ROI-en-noun-en:region_of_interest__in_espionage Categories (other): Espionage, Military, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 2 27 30 8 1 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 1 28 32 5 0 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 1 29 33 5 1 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 1 2 27 32 4 1 33 Topics: espionage, government, military, politics, war
  4. (engineering) Initialism of radius of influence. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: radius of influence
    Sense id: en-ROI-en-noun-en:radius_of_influence Categories (other): Engineering Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  5. (social service) Initialism of release of information. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: release of information
    Sense id: en-ROI-en-noun-en:release_of_information
  6. (pharmacology) Initialism of route of administration. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: route of administration
    Sense id: en-ROI-en-noun-3UiAbs18 Categories (other): Pharmacology, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 2 27 30 8 1 32 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 1 2 19 22 5 1 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 1 28 32 5 0 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 1 29 33 5 1 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 1 4 23 27 5 1 38 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 1 3 23 27 5 1 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 1 2 27 32 4 1 33 Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: EROI, ROCE, ROE, RONA, ROR, ROB

Inflected forms

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