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Category: R

RES JUDICATA

Latin- a thing adjudicated. Once a lawsuit is decided, the same issue or an issue arising from the first issue cannot be contested again.

RESTATEMENT

1. A statement of any change in financial statements and 2. to announce chanhge of money between exchanges.

RETURN OF PREMIUM

A benefit equal to the amount of premiums paid, minus claim amounts, will be paid during a set period of time if claims don’t exceed a set percentage of premiums paid.

REUSABILITY

The way an item can be used repeatedly compared to a one use item.

REVIEW COPY

A bound and printed copy of a book or work that is sent to reviewers before the official date of publication.

RIGHT OF POSSESSION

The right to property by the person who is the short or long term holder of the property.

RISK BASED TARGETING

Fund and other resource allocation to identified areas that have the highest potential or actual adverse impact.

RISK FREE RETURN

1. Known with certainty. 2. The interest rate on a virtually free from risk investment.

RISK RATE

The rate of return that is needed to be able to attract loan capital or equity for an investment.

ROLES

A position or job that has certain expectations that go with them.

ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS

The evaluation and identification of a cause for failure, problem or undesirable condition.

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE

The way a substance will come into contact with the organism such as via food or air.

RUN OF PRESS (ROP) COLOR

A term in newspaper advertising where the colour used for ads is the same as the print colour used for non-advertising material.

R-VALUE

A unit of resistance to heat that is used to denote a materials effectiveness to be insulation. It is a determination of the ability to stop the flow of heat.

REGRESSION EQUATION

An equation in math used to determine various predictions about a specific variable as it relates to other variables.

RATE OF RETURN RULE

Essential rule of investment that states that an investor should make an investment where the rate of return is larger than the prospective cost of the capital (time deposit interest rate).

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