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REPOSITORY

An indefinite storage for items where the item is not likely to be taken from.

REPOSSESSION

1. Voluntary or forced surrender of goods to the owner due to the inability to pay for them. 2. Legal process where the lender takes back property or assests when the borrower

REPRINT

The new impression of an item that has already been printed or published. The same ISBN number will apply.

REPROCESSING

Treating material retrieved from the waste stream to make new products.

REPRODUCTIVE TOXIN

Any product known to have a hazardous effect on the organs of reproduction that leads to birth defects or sterility.

REPUBLICAN

Member of US political party started in the 1850s by a group of Democrats who split from the main party.

REQUIREMENTS

1. Any demands, constraints, needs, necessities needed to be met. 2. Marketing. Standard of benefit, timeliness, cost and value of the product as seen by the customer.

REQUISITIONED PROPERTY

Any property that has been taken by the government. It may be real estate, equipment, vehicles or machinery.

RES GESTAE

Latin- things done. Any facts that are needed to accompany, constitute or explain a gtransaction that is being questioned.

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.

RESEARCH

Basic or applied method of increasing the knowledge by finding new information.

RESERVE

The amount of money that is kept aside by the insurer so all debts can be covered.

RESERVE CAPACITY

The capacity that is gteater than that needed to satisfy a peak demand.

RESIDE

To live somewhere such as a town or state.

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