Reverse Annuity Mortgage (RAM) is a type of mortgage where the equity in the house serves as security or collateral for periodic payments made by the lender to the borrower. The mortgage is typically paid out upon the sale of the property.
Reverse Leverage is a term describing the situation where the income from ownership of property is lower than the rate of interest paid to finance the ownership.
A treatment process used in drinking water systems by adding pressure to force water through a semi-permeable membrane. Reverse osmosis removes salinity and most drinking water contaminants and produces a waste stream of highly saline water. Also used in wastewater treatment.
Reversion is the return of a property to the original grantor upon the occurrence of a specified event stated in the grant.
Facing of stone, concrete or sandbags used to protect a bank of earth from erosion; a retaining wall.
Inducements provided to ecosystem stewards to enhance or continue to maintain environmental services.
The elevation of the average annual water table in drained peatland by partially or entirely reversing the existing drained state
Rewilding is a large-scale conservation strategy based on the reintroduction of wildlife and extinct species into their original habitat, with the goal of restoring natural processes, increasing biodiversity and limiting human dominance in ecosystems. The concept originated in the US but during the last two decades has also gained considerable traction in Europe and worldwide. […]
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is a cooperative effort among several U.S. states to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector through a market-based cap-and-trade program. Established in 2009, RGGI includes states like Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Virginia (until 2023).Under RGGI, participating […]
Rho is the sensitivity of an option’s price to a change in interest rates.
