roe

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   Eggs of fish.
2. 2
   Sperm of certain fish.
3. 3
   Ovaries of certain crustaceans.
4. 4
   Ellipsis of roe deer.
5. 5
   A mottled appearance of light and shade in wood, especially in mahogany.
6. 6
   Initialism of return on equity, a measure of how well a company used reinvested earnings to generate additional earnings.
7. 7
   Initialism of rule(s) of engagement-of-engagement), a/the rule(s) governing when to fire or return fire.
8. 8
   Abbreviation of record of employment.
9. 9
   Alternative form of ROE.

Proper noun

1. 1
   A surname transferred from the nickname.
2. 2
   A town in Monroe County, Arkansas, United States.
3. 3
   Ellipsis of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 US Supreme Court case which legalized abortion and reaffirmed the existence of a right to privacy under due process following the 14th Amendment.
4. 4
   A river in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.