回报率 (huí bào lǜ) — rate of return (on investment)

Definition

noun
rate of return (on investment)

Examples

  • 回报率。
    Zhè ge xiàng mù de huí bào lǜ fēi cháng kě guān.
    The rate of return on this project is very impressive.
  • 回报率。
    Tóu zī qián yí dìng yào xiān suàn hǎo huí bào lǜ.
    You must calculate the rate of return before investing.
  • 回报率。
    huí bào lǜ Shì héng liáng tóu zī jià zhí de zhòng yào zhǐ biāo.
    The rate of return is an important indicator of investment value.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

回报return/reward
回huíreturn报bàorepay
联合Side by side
率lǜrate

'回报' gives back or rewards, and '率' states how much, so it is the rate of return.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

回 comes from a drawing of a spiral, showing something turning around.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 報; 报 is its simplified writing.

  • 㚔㚔㚔handcuffs
  • 𠬝𠬝𠬝to subdue

The traditional form 報 puts 㚔 (handcuffs) beside 𠬝 (to subdue), showing someone restrained and subdued, as in convicting or punishing a guilty person. The simplified 报 is a later shorthand.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

率 was drawn as a bird-catching net, with a stick above and below. In the form described, the lower horizontal stroke is missing, so the whole shape represents a rope.

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