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Return On Investment (ROI): One use of analytics software is to analyze and quantify return on investment, and thus cost / benefit of different schemes.

Return On Investment: Your return on investment (ROI) is the profit you make on the sale of a security or other asset divided by the amount of your investment, expressed as an annual percentage rate. For example, . . . View Full Definition

Ontology: In philosophy it is the study of being. As it relates to search, it is the attempt to create an exhaustive and rigorous conceptual schema about a domain. An ontology is typically a hierarchi . . . View Full Definition

Ontogenetic: Pertaining to the development of the individual.

Ontario: Developed in 1908 at the N.Y. Research Station, it is now used sparingly as a white tablegrape because of its strong American labruscana flavor. It in turn was derived from the Winchell and . . . View Full Definition

Oolong: A form of tea characterized by lighter brews and larger leaf styles. This tea is typically understood as a lightly fermented tea, between green and black tea on a continuum.

Onside Kick: A play in which the kicking team tries to recover the kicked ball.

Oolong Tea: Partially oxidized tea leaves produced in China and most oftenTaiwan (formally called Formosa).

Open Hole Inspection: When an engineer (or municipal inspector) inspects the open excavation and examines the earth to determine the type of foundation (caisson, footer, wall on ground, etc.) That should be insta . . . View Full Definition

Open On The Print: Used in the context of general equities. Block trader's term for a block trade that has been completed with an institutional client and printed on the consolidated tape, but leaves the block . . . View Full Definition