| ROI | See Return on investment. (05 Dec 1998) |
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| roil | 1. To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of; as, to roil wine, cider, etc, in casks or bottles; to roil a spring. 2. To disturb, as the temper; to ruffle the temper of; to rouse the passion of resentment in; to perplex. "That his friends should believe it, was what roiled him [Judge Jeffreys] exceedingly." (R. North) Provincial in England and colloquial in the United States. A commoner, but less approved, form is rile. Origin: Cf. OE. Roilen to wander; possibly fr. OF. Roeler to roll, equiv. To F. Rouler. See Roll, and cf. Rile. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |