n. The rootstock of the brake, Pteris aquilina, var. esculenta, which when roasted was formerly a staple article of food with the aborigines of New Zealand.
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n. (corporate finance) the amount, expressed as a percentage, that is earned on a company's total capital calculated by dividing the total capital into earnings before interest, taxes, or dividends are paid
Word Usage
"Weakly subservient to the church, and dispossessing himself of his revenues to such an extent that he was forced to beg a small pittance for his daily necessities from his churchly despoilers, it was said of him that "_Onc ne fut roi comme ce roi_.""