0 the amount of profit that an investment earns calculated as a percentage of the money that was originally invested: --
earn/generate/offer a rate of return The endowments offer an average rate of return of around 10%.
Record crude prices have allowed oil companies to show their strongest rate of return on capital for five years.
the actual/annual rate of return The Fund's actual rate of return may be greater or less than the 5% return shown in the illustration.