An investment return that has been adjusted to account of the effects of inflation.

Any person whose business it is to sell, or offer for sale, real estate for others, or to rent houses, stores, or other buildings, or real estate, or to collect […]

1. Practical orientation that relies on the facts and takes into consideration things as they are, not on what they might be. 2. Philosophical concept that theoretical entities such as […]

In foreign law. That quality of laws which concerns property or things, (quce ad rem spcctant.) Story, Confi. Laws,

A jarring experience that results from a wide difference in what was anticipated or expected and what the situation actually is. For example, the first day at a new job.

1. Change of assets, goods, or services into cash or receivables through sale. 2. Recognition of revenue when the title passes from seller to the buyer with the creation of […]

Accounting idea that any change in the market value of an asset or liability is not recognized as a profit or loss until the asset is sold or the liability […]

Expressed as a decimal fraction, this is the ratio of the actual performance time to standard time .

Space between the realization of a need and the launch of the product that satisfies that need.

An idea of accounting in which money is accepted as a revenue only once it has been earned. For example when products or services are supplied or sold.

To convert any kind of property into money; but especially to receive the returns from an investment See Bitti- ner v. Gomprecht, 28 Misc. Rep. 218, 58 N. Y. Supp. […]

Actual gain or loss that happens when an asset is turned into into cash at fair market value in a transaction . Also called realized gain/loss. See also paper profit […]

The difference between average bids and offers over a period of time. Refer to effective and quoted spreads.

A swap exchanging realized and implied volatility for a market reference. This is common for equith and foreign exchange markets. Refer to variable swap.

How the funds left in a retirement plan are allocated when the employee leaves the company before he is vested. The funds are disbursed among other participants or used to […]

Form of coding that allows information from one site to be displayed on a computer or another webpage as a continuous stream of information. People can subscribe to feeds that […]

A kingdom; a country. 1 Taunt. 270 ; 4 Camp. 289.

The name that has been tradmarked for a member who is active in the National Association of Realtors.

A brief term for real property ; also for anything which partakes of the nature of real property.

The number of pieces of paper found in a package. An office ream has 500 sheets of paper while a printer ream has 516 and a traditional ream features 480 […]

a term used when new district boundaries are created for a better representation of the areas population.

A person who, in certain cases, is appointed to make a revalua tion or second appraisement of Imported goods at the custom-house .

1. The rehearing of a case in a higher court. 2. The rehearing of a motion that is based on new material.

the term that is used when an accused person is brought back to court after amendments have been to the charges.

A faculty of the mind by which it distinguishes truth from falsehood, good from evil, and which enables the possessor to deduce inferences from facts or from propositions. Webster. Also […]