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r-square
R-value
rabbi trust
racialism
racism
rack jobbers
rack rate
rack rent
racket
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act of 1970 (RICO)
radiant energy
radiation
radical process improvement (RPI)
radio frequency identification (RFID)
radio frequency interference (RFI)
radio rating
radioactive
radioactive contamination insurance
radiography
radioisotope
radius of operation
Radner equilibrium
radon
radon daughters
radon progeny
railroad
railroad protective liability
railroad retirement
railroad subrogation waiver clause
railroad travel policy
railway bill
railway consignment note
rain check
rain insurance
rainbow option
rally
ramen profitable
ramp up
Ramsey pricing
random
random access
random access memory (RAM)
random error
random factor analysis
random failure
random sample
random sampling
random variable
random variation
random walk theory
range
range chart (R Chart)
rank and cut
rank and file
Rankine (°R)
rapid prototype
rapport
raster graphics
raster image processor (RIP)
rasterize
rat race
ratable
ratable value
ratchet
ratchet clause
ratchet effect
rate
rate and term refinance
rate base
rate card
rate discrimination
rate intermediation
rate lock
rate lock deposit
rate lock float down
rate manual
rate of change
rate of depreciation
rate of economic growth
rate of exchange
rate of inflation
rate of interest
rate of natural increase/decrease
rate of return rule
rate of turnover
rate structure
rated
rated life
ratepayer
ratification
rating
rating agency
rating bureau
rating point
rating process
ratio
ratio analysis
ratio test
rational
rational apathy
rational appeal
rational behavior
rational choice
rational choice theory (RCT)
rational cost estimating
rational decision making
rational decision making approach
rational expectations
rational ignorance
rational pricing
rationale
rationality
rationalization
rationing
rationing function of price
raw land
raw material
raw time
razorblade model
RBC CASH index
re
re-invoicing
re-invoicing center
re-warehousing
reach and frequency (R/F)
reaction
reaction adjustment
reaction plan
reactive
reactive strategy
reactivity
read only memory (ROM)
readership
readership test
readiness
reading grade level (RGL)
readjustment income
ready, willing, and able
ready-mixed
real accounts
real asset
real cost
real estate
real estate agent
real estate broker
real estate bubble
real estate investing
real estate investment trust (REIT)
real estate investor
real estate limited partnership (RELP)
real estate mortgage investment conduit (REMIC)
real estate owned (REO)
Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA)
real externalities
real gross domestic product (real GDP)
real income
real interest rate
real investment
real median household income
real option
real party in interest
real rate
real rate of return
real return
real terms
real time
real time capability
real time processing
real time testing
real time transfer protocol (RTP)
real variable
real wage rate
real yield
realism
reality shock
realization
realization covenant
realization factor
realization gap
realization principle
realized profit/loss
reallocated forfeitures
Really Simple Syndication (RSS)
realtor
ream
reason to know
reasonable
reasonable accommodation
reasonable and customary charges
reasonable assurance
reasonable care in examining documents
reasonable care to check apparent authenticity
reasonable compensation
reasonable cost
reasonable doubt
reasonable force
reasonable payment
reasonable person
reasonable price
reasonable test
reasonable time
reassured
rebate
rebook fee
rebooking
rebuttal
recall
recall ratio
recall test
recapitalization
recaption
recapture
recapture of depreciation
recareering
recast trigger
receipt
receivable
receivable days
receivables financing
receive
received for shipment bill of lading (B/L)
receiver
receiver's certificate
receivership
receiving
receiving report
recency
recency effect
recency error
recency strategy
recension
reception
receptionist
recession
recession rich
recessionary gap
recidivism
recipe
recipient
recipient location
reciprocal
reciprocal advertising
reciprocal agreement
reciprocal insurance exchange
reciprocal interdependence
reciprocal of European terms
reciprocal services method
reciprocal statutes
reciprocal tariff act
reciprocal trade agreement
reciprocal trading
reciprocity
recitals
reckless disregard
recklessness
reclamation
recognition
recognition of expense
recognition of revenue
recognition test
recognitional picketing
recognizance
recognize
recommended daily allowances (RDA)
recommended dietary allowances (RDA)
recommended exposure limit (REL)
recommended maximum containment level
recommended standard-232 (RS-232)
recompense
reconciliation
reconciliation account
reconditioning
reconfirmation
reconstruction
reconveyance
record
record appraisal
record classification
record control
record copy
record creation
record date
record disposition
record drawings
record inventory
record management
record preservation
record protection
record retention period
record retention schedule
record retrieval
recording
recording agent
recording fee
recordkeeping copy
recordkeeping requirements
recordkeeping system
recoup
recoupment
recourse
recourse debt
recourse loan
recoverables
recovered energy
recovered material
recovery
recovery period
recovery rate
recovery strategy
recruiter
recruitment
recruitment and selection
rectification
recto
recurrent disability
recurring clause
recurring cost
recurring debt
recurring demand
recurring effort
recurring entry
recurring income
recursion
recusable
recyclability
recyclable material
recycle ratio
recycled material content
recycling
red clause
red clause letter of credit (L/C)
red flag
red herring
red ink
red tape
red-lining
redacted document
redaction
redeem
redeemable bonds
redeemable debenture
redeemable preferred stock
redeemable share
redeemable shares
redemption
redemption date
redemption fee
redemption period
redemption premium
redemption value
redemption yield
redevelopment
rediscount
redistribution of wealth
redlining
redress
reduced instruction set computing (RISC)
reduced paid-up insurance
reducing agent
reducing balance
reducing balance depreciation
reductio ad absurdum
reduction
reduction clause
reduction in force (RIF)
reduction of risk
reduction option loan (ROL)
reductionism
redundancy
redundant
redundant array of independent disks (RAID)
redundant asset
reefer cargo
reefer container
reengineering
reexport
reference
reference analysis
reference base period
reference book
reference check
reference copy
reference currency
reference daily intake (RDI)
reference document
reference dose (RfD)
reference file
reference group
reference mark
reference price
reference pricing
referendum
referent power
referral
referral premium
referral provider
referral selling
refi bubble
refinance wave
refinancing
refinancing risk
refined precious metals
refinery
refitting
reflation
reflationary policy
reflex effect
refractive index
refractory
refresher training
refrigerant
refrigeration
refrigeration capacity
refund
refund annuity
refunding
refunding bonds
refurbish
refurbishing
refusal letter
refuse derived fuel
refuse reclamation
refutation
regarding
regards
region
regional
regional airline
regional bank
Regional Development Bank (RDB)
regional fund
regional integration
regional office
regional stock exchange
regionalization
register
register of charges
register of deeds
register of directors and secretaries
register of members
registered address
registered bond
registered broker
registered capital
registered competitive market maker
registered investment advisor (RIA)
registered mail
registered mail insurance
registered nurse
registered office
registered options trader
registered owner
registered retirement savings plan contribution
registered retirement savings plan deduction
registered retirement savings plan deduction limit
registered security
registered ton
registrar
registrar of companies
registration
registration of standards
registration statement
registry
regression
regression analysis (RA)
regression equation
regression towards the mean
regressive
regressive supply curve
regressive tax
regular income
regular stock option plan
regulated investment company
regulated market
regulation
Regulation D
Regulation FD
Regulation M
Regulation Q
Regulation R
Regulation S
Regulation T
Regulation U
Regulation Z
regulator
regulatory agency
regulatory arbitrage
regulatory capital
regulatory controls
regulatory economics
regulatory force
regulatory information retrieval service
regulatory requirement
regulatory risk
regulatory standards
rehabilitation
rehabilitation benefits
rehabilitation clause
rehabilitation cost
rehabilitation of insurer
rehabilitation tax credit
rehearing
rehypothecation
reimbursable expenses
reimbursable out-of-pocket costs
reimbursement
reimbursement plan
reimbursing bank
reinforcement
reinforcement theory
reinforcing feedback
reinstate
reinsurance
reinsurance assumed
reinsurance broker
reinsurance credit
reinsurance premium
reinsurer
reintermediation
reinvestment
reinvestment risk
reinvoicing center
rejected bid
rejection
related diversification
relation of earnings to insurance
relational database
relationship
relationship banking
relationship manager
relationship marketing
relationship selling
relative advantage
relative density
relative fair market value
relative humidity
relative market share
relative price
relative purchasing power parity
relative risk
relative URL
relative value
relative value schedule
relative value unit
relay
relay race process
release
release clause
release condition
release date
release note
release of lien
relevant
relevant assertions
relevant cash flow
relevant cost
relevant information
relevant range
relevant range of activity
reliability
reliability coefficient
reliability engineering
reliability of delivery
reliability principle
reliability, availability, maintainability (RAM)
reliance
reliance letter
reliction
relief
reloading
relocation
relocation mortgage (relo)
remainder
remainder interest
remaining monthly balance
remand
remanufacturing
remargining
remarketing
remedial
remedial response
remediation
remedy
reminder advertising
remit
remittance
remittance advice slip
remittance letter
remitting bank
remittitur
remote
remote access
Remote Authentication Dial In Service (RADIUS)
remote environment
remote journaling
remote server
removal
removal cost
remuneration
remuneration of directors
renationalization
renegotiable rate loan
renegotiable rate mortgage
renegotiated loan
renewable energy
Renewable Energy Certificate (REC)
renewable resources
renewable term
renewal
renewal commission
renewal option
renewals
rent
rent ceiling
rent control
rent expense
rent seeking
rent to value ratio
rent-to-own
rental income
rental pool
rental property
rental value insurance
renter's insurance
reopening clause
reorder cost
reorder level
reorder point
reorder quantity
reorganization
repair
repair part
repairability
repairable item
repairs and maintenance expenses
reparation
repatriation
repayment mortgage
repayment plan
repeal
repeat business
repeat purchase
repeater
repetitive manufacturing
repetitive stress injury (RSI)
replacement
replacement capital
replacement cost
replacement cost accounting
replacement cost method
replacement cost policy
replacement factor
replacement market
replacement planning
replacement reserves
replacement value
replenish
replenishment accuracy
replenishment cycle
replenishment order quantity
replenishment rate
replevin
replicability
replication
reply
repo
repo rate
report
report format
reported profit
reporting element
reporting entity
reporting form
reporting requirements
repositioning
repository
repossession
represent
representation
representative
representative sample
reprieve
reprint
reprocessing
reproductive effect
reproductive toxin
Republican
repudiation
repurchase agreement
repurposing
reputation
reputation management
reputation risk
request for application (RFA)
request for bids (RFB)
request for information (RFI)
request for proposals (RFP)
request for quotations (RFQ)
request for technical proposals
request for tenders
required
required cash
required contribution
required rate of return
required reserves
requirements
requirements contract
requisition
requisition cycle
requisitioned property
requisitioning objective
res gestae
res ipsa loquitor
res ipsa loquitur
res judicata
resale price maintenance
rescaled range analysis
rescheduled loan
rescind
rescission
rescission of contract
research
Research Activities Credit
research and development (R&D;)
research and development costs
research and development limited partnership
research design
research methodology
research proposal
reservation
reserve
reserve account
reserve accounts
Reserve Bank of India
reserve banks
reserve capacity
reserve capital
reserve currency
reserve for bad debt
reserve fund
reserve price
reserve requirements
reserve storage
reserves
reserves to production ratio
reside
residence
residence employee
residence premises
residence principle
resident
resident agent
resident company
resident font
residential
residential district
residential mortgage
residential property
residential sector
residual
residual cushion
residual disability
residual income
residual interest
residual markets
residual payment
residual risk
residual standard deviation
residual sum of squares (RSS)
residual value
residuary estate
residuary trust
resignation of directors
resilience
resistor
resolution
resolution to borrow
Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC)
resource
resource allocation and multi project scheduling (RAMPS)
resource based relative value scale (RBRVS)
resource dependence
resource driven
resource driver
resource management
resource market
resource plan
resource recovery
resource-based view
respectively
respirator
respiratory system
respite care
respondeat superior
respondent
respondent superior
response
response device
response time
responsibilities of directors
responsibility
responsibility accounting
responsibility assignment matrix
responsibility center
responsible bidder
responsible carrier
responsive bidder
restatement
Restaurant Performance Index (RPI)
restitutio in integrum
restitution
restitution in kind
restitution payment
restocking fee
restoration
restoration of benefits
restoration of title
restraining order
restraint of trade
restricted
restricted account
restricted asset
restricted cash
restricted circulation
restricted fare
restricted funds
restricted letter of credit
restricted liquidity
restricted retained earnings
restricted shares
restricted tendering
restrictions
restrictive business practices (RBP)
restrictive endorsement
restrictive specification
restrictive trade practices
restructured loan
restructuring
restructuring charge
result
resulting trust
resume
retail audit
retail banking
retail credit facility
retail inventory method
retail investor
retail management
retail method
retail outlet
retail price
retail price index (RPI)
retail sales
retail strategy
retailer
retailing
retainage
retained earnings
retainer
retainer clause
retaliation
retaliatory law
retention
retention bond
retention clause
retention money
retention of risk
retention of title
retention period
retention rate
retention ratio
retention schedule
retire
retired
retirees
retirement
retirement annuity
retirement contribution
retirement fund
retirement income
retirement income policy
retirement of assets
retirement of bonds
retirement planner
retouching
retrenchment
retrenchment strategy
retrieval request
retroactive
retroactive conversion
retroactive date
retroactive interest rate increase
retroactive pay
retroactive pricing
retrocession
retrocessionaire
retrofitting
retrospective premium
retrospective rate derivation
retrospective rating
return
return commission
return merchandise authorization (RMA)
return of capital
return of cash value
return of premium
return on advertising spend (ROAS)
return on assets (ROA)
return on assets managed (ROAM)
return on average assets
return on capital (ROC)
return on capital employed (ROCE)
return on common equity
return on equity (ROE)
return on investment (ROI)
return on net assets (RONA)
return on net worth
return on sales (ROS)
return on stockholder's equity
return premium
return protection
returned check
returnment
returns
reusability
reuse
Reuters
revalidation
revaluation
revaluation reserve
revenue
revenue account
revenue agent
revenue agent's report (RAR)
revenue base
revenue bond
revenue budget
revenue cap regulation
revenue center
revenue cycle
Revenue Equalization Reserve Fund
revenue expenditure
revenue generating unit (RGU)
revenue generation
revenue income
revenue leverage
revenue model
revenue neutrality
revenue passenger mile (RPM)
revenue per available room (RevPAR)
revenue per available seat mile (RASM)
revenue per employee
revenue per occupied room (RevPOR)
revenue principle
revenue project
revenue recognition principle
Revenue Regulation Fund
revenue reserve
revenue ruling
revenue sharing
revenue tariff
revenue ton
revenue ton mile
reversal
reverse annuity mortgage
reverse appraisal
reverse auction
reverse culture shock
reverse discrimination
reverse distribution
reverse engineering
reverse exchange
reverse fulfillment
reverse logistics
reverse marketing
reverse merger
reverse mortgage
reverse osmosis
reverse printing
reverse repo
reverse stock split
reverse survivorship bias
reverse text
reverse triangular merger
reversible effect
reversing entry
reversion
reversion value
reversionary annuity
reversionary clause
reversionary trust
review
review copy
revised edition
revocable
revocable beneficiary
revocable letter of credit (L/C)
revocable living trust
revocable trust
revocation
revolutionary innovation
revolutions per minute (RPM)
revolver
revolving
revolving account
revolving collateral
revolving credit
revolving debt
revolving fund
revolving letter of credit (L/C)
revolving line of credit
revolving loan
reward
reward power
reward system
rework
rewritable
Rex agreement
Ricardo-Barro Effect
rich media ad
rich text format (RTF)
Richter scale
RICS House Price Balance
rider
Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994
rifle approach
rig utilization rate
right
right of accumulation
right of egress
right of first offer
right of first refusal
right of foreclosure
right of possession
right of redemption
right of rescission
right of silence
right of survivorship
right of way
right the first time
right to assign employees
right to assign work
right to know law
right to work law
right-shoring
rights arbitration
rights in data
rights issue
rights letter
rightsizing
rigid box
rigidity
ring fence
ring the cash register
ring topology
riot
riparian
riparian rights
ripple effect
risk
risk adjusted discount rate
risk allocation
risk analysis
risk and insurance management society (RIMS)
risk appraiser
risk arbitrage
risk assessment
risk asset
risk assumption
risk averse
risk aversion
risk avoidance
risk based targeting
risk capital
risk characterization
risk classification
risk communication
risk condition
risk curve
risk disclosure document
risk diversification
risk engineering
risk equivalent
risk estimation
risk evaluation
risk event
risk exposure
risk factor
risk financing
risk free
risk free investment
risk free rate
risk free return
risk graph
risk identification
risk limit
risk management
risk matrix
risk measurement
risk mitigation
risk neutrality
risk of loss
risk of ruin
risk participation
risk perception
risk philosophy
risk policy
risk pool
risk position
risk premium
risk profile
risk propensity
risk quantification
risk rate
risk reduction
risk response
risk retention
risk retention groups
risk selection
risk sharing
risk taker
risk tolerance
risk total
risk transfer
risk value
risk variable
risk-adjusted capital ratio
risk-adjusted return
risk-based capital
risk-based haircut
risk-based pricing
risk-free rate of return
risk-neutral measures
risk-weighted asset
risk/reward tradeoff
riskless society
risks, constraints, and assumptions
rival good
Rivest Shami Adleman (RSA) method
road block
road show
road tax
road vehicle
roadmap
roaming
robbery
robbery and safe burglary coverage form
robot
robotics
robust
Rockwell hardness (RH)
rod
role
role ambiguity
role conflict
role model
role overload
role player
role playing
roles
roll down
roll forward
roll rate
roll up
roll up costs
roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro)
rollback
rolling
rolling average inventory
rolling budget
rolling returns
rolling stock
rollout
rollover
rollover contribution
rollover relief
roman face
Roman law
Ronald Coase
room and board rate
room only rate
room service
root cause
root cause analysis
root cause failure analysis (RCFA)
root directory
root mean square (RMS)
root mean square (RMS) deviation
Rorschach test
rose-colored recession
rotable
rotation
Roth IRA
rough
rough cut
rough order of magnitude
round
round lot
round the world fare
round trip
round tripping
rounding
rounding error
roundoff error
roundtable
roundtable cost estimating
route
route of entry
route of exposure
route planning
router
routine
routine maintenance
routine response behavior
routing
routing number
royalty
royalty fee
royalty-free
RSS
RSVP
rubbish
Rucker plan
rugby process
rule
rule 240
rule against perpetuities
rule based system
rule of 72
rule of 78
rule of law
rule of thumb
rules of engagement
Rules of Fair Practice
run
run chart
Run of Network
run of press (ROP)
run of press (ROP) color
run of schedule
Run of Site
run on the bank
run rate
run time
run with the land
running account
running cost
running days
running royalty
running yield
runoff
Rupert Murdoch
rural
Rural Housing Service (RHS)
rurban area
Russell indexes [or indices]
Russian service
rust bowl
rusting