The theory that asset prices raise and fall randomly and cannot be predicted. The longer an asset stays in this state the more dispersed the prices will be. Refer to […]
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RANDOM WALK THEORY
The random path, similar that taken by a drunk, that shows no set pattern that a share on the stock market will take. It is an unpredictable pattern that cannot […]
RANGE
In the government survey of the United States , this term is used to de note one of the divisions of a state, and designates a row or tier of […]
RANGE CHART (R CHART)
A chart that is used to control the s tability of the variables of a product. A product will be stable over a set range of variables and it will […]
RANGE FLOATING RATE NOTE (FRN)
A note giving an investor a better coupon interest rate . If the interest rate falls outside the agreed upon range the investor loses the interest that day. AKA accrual […]
RANGE KNOCKOUT FLOATING RATE NOTE (FRN)
A note that gives an investor better coupon rates than a RFN. If the interest rates fall short of an agreed to range the interest is lost for a period […]
RANGER
In forest law. A sworn of ficer of the forest, whose office chiefly consists in three points: To walk daily through his charge to see, hear, aud inquire as well […]
RANK AND CUT
A method of decision making that ranks the importance of each project. They are ranked by a set of criteria such as cash flow, risk factors, capital appreciation . The […]
RANK AND FILE
The general employees that do not include the managerial positions and department heads. It derives from a military term where soldiers stood according to rank and in lines or files.
RANK, ad)
In English law . Excessive ; too large in amount; as a rank modus. 2 Bl. Comm. 30.
RANK, n
The order or place in which certain officers are placed in the army and navy, In relation to others. Wood v. U. S., 15 Ct. CI. 158.
RANKINE
Named after William Rankine. This is a term used long ago for absolute temperature . One rankine degree is equivalent to 0.55 of a kelvin. The scale operates in the […]
RANKING OF CREDITORS
Is the Scotch term for the arrangement of the property of a debtor according to the claims of the creditors, in consequence of the nature of their respective securities. Bell. […]
RANSOM
State v. Brin, 30 Minn. 522, 10 N. W. 400; Millvale Rorough v. Evergreen Ry. Co., 131 Pa. 1, 18 Atl. 903, 7 L. R. A. 3G9; Massa ehnsetts L. […]
RAPE
In criminal law . The unlawful carnal knowledge of a woman by a man forcibly and against her will. Code Ga.
RAPID PROTOTYPE
A model that is 3 dimensional and generated by a computer from a CAD drawing. The creation of this prototype model is made using different techniques. These techniques are selective […]
RAPINE
In criminal law . Plunder; pillage; robbery. In the civil law , rapina is defined as the forcible and violent taking of another man’s movable property with the criminal intent […]
RAPPORT A SUCCESSION
In French law and in Louisiana. A proceeding similar to hotchpot; the restoration to the succession of such property as the heir may have received by way of advancement from […]
RAPTOR
In old English law . A rav- isher. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 52,
RAPTU HiEREDIS
In old English law . A writ for taking away an heir holding in socage, of which there were two sorts: One when the heir was married: the other when […]
RAPUIT
Lat. In old English law . Ravished. A technical word in old indictments. 2 East, 30.
RASTER GRAPHICS
Do you know about Raster Graphics These graphics are made up of thousands of tiny pixels. When a raster image is enlarged you can see allof the little dots that […]
RASTER IMAGE PROCESSOR (RIP)
A device that will translate vector images into images that can be printed by dot matrix printers, laser printers and recognised by scanning equipment. It will produce a bitmap of […]
RASTERIZE
The adjustment of a computerised image so that it can be printed by a dot matrix printer or laser printer. The image will be adjusted in such a way that […]
RASURE
The act of scraping, scratching, or shaving the surface of a written in- strument, for the purpose of removing certain letters or words from it. It is to be distinguished […]