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RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL

A right in a contract where the seller must give the other party the chance to match the offer that a third party has given to buy a certain asset.

RIGHT OF POSSESSION

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

RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP

The legal right given to the last tenant who is still living after a joint tenant has died. They retain absolute ownership of the property.

RIGHTSIZING

The process where a corporation reorganises or restructures the business by means of cutting costs, rducing the work force or altering upper level management.

RIGIDITY

The stiffness, relatively, of a materials resistance to stretching, bending or other form of deformation under load.

RING FENCE

Isolating a project so it is protected from outside risks.

RING THE CASH REGISTER

1. Business. The phrase used in describing products and lines of business that show the most profit. 2. Investments. The phrase used in signifying the time to take any profitsfrom securities by

RING TOPOLOGY

A scheme used in cabling networks where a cablesequentially connects all of the nodes and forms a loop that is closed.

RIPARIAN RIGHTS

The allocating of rights to use a body of water by individuals who own property around said body of water.

RIPPLE EFFECT

An effect that is indirect but radiates out from the initial effect.

RISK ANALYSIS

1. Corporate. A component of risk management consisting of identification, determination, evaluation and application. 2. Food industry. According to WHO/FAO it is the risk assessment, risk management and communication of risks.

RISK APPRAISER

A person from the insurer who screens all new applications and will approve or decline an application.

RISK ASSESSMENT

1. Identifying, evaluating and estimating risk levels and comparing them to benchmarks and standards to determine an acceptable risk level.2. Food industry. WHO/FAO have identified hazard identification and characterisation, assessment of exposure

RISK ASSET

1. A bank asset that is affected by credit quality, repricing, interest rate changes etc. 2. Equity capital and assetsof a firm in trouble.

RISK ASSUMPTION

1. Law. Doctrine of negligence used in the defense of a personal injury suit. 2. Risk management. A practice of the absorption of minor losses but protecting against large and catastrophic losses.

RISK AVOIDANCE

A risk management technique taking steps to remove a hazard, engage in different activities or to end a certain exposure to risk.

RISK BASED TARGETING

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

RISK CHARACTERIZATION

1. Corporate. The component of risk assessment where risks have been ranked according to their severity and extent. 2. Food industry. According to WHO/FAO the integration of identification of hazards and the

RISK CLASSIFICATION

The grouping of risks by their likely impact or estimated costs, occurence and any measures required to counter them.

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