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Return on equity
Return on equity (ROE), also called return on net worth, is a profitability ratio calculated as net income divided by shareholders' equity, ideally its average over the period.
Return on invested capital
Return on invested capital (ROIC) is a profitability ratio measuring a company's after-tax operating return per unit of capital invested, compared against its cost of capital.
Return on investment
Return on investment (ROI), also called return on costs, is a finance ratio comparing the profit from an activity with the amount invested, computed as gain divided by cost.
Return to the Land
Return to the Land (RTTL) is an American white separatist group founded by Eric Orwoll and Peter Csere, running a 160-acre whites-only community near Ravenden, Arkansas, since 2023, structured as a private membership association to evade fair housing law and facing federal discrimination lawsuits.
Return to Zion
The Return to Zion, or Return from the Babylonian exile (Hebrew Shivat Tziyon), was the return of Judean exiles to Yehud after Cyrus's 538 BC decree, beginning the Second Temple period.
Returning the jade intact to Zhao
Returning the jade intact to Zhao (完璧归赵) is a Warring States story in which Lin Xiangru outwitted the King of Qin and returned the He jade disc to Zhao.
Returns to education
Returns to education measure the earnings advantage from additional schooling, an average private return of about 9 to 10% per year, including both individual wage premiums and broader social benefits.
Returns to scale
Returns to scale is the property of a production technology describing what happens to output when all inputs are scaled up by the same proportion.
Reuben (son of Jacob)
Reuben, also known as Re'uven, is the firstborn son of the patriarch Jacob by Leah in the Book of Genesis and ancestor of the tribe of Reuben.
Reuben James
Reuben James (c. 1776-1838) was a U.S. Navy boatswain's mate of the Quasi-War, Barbary Wars, and War of 1812, famed, probably wrongly, for saving Stephen Decatur at Tripoli; three Navy ships, including DD-245 sunk in 1941, bore his name.
Reuben Jonathan Miller
Reuben Jonathan Miller is an American sociologist, criminologist, and social worker at UC Berkeley who studies life after prison, known for carceral citizenship and the 2021 book Halfway Home.
Reubin Askew
Reubin O'Donovan Askew, American Democratic politician, 37th governor of Florida 1971-1979, later U.S. Trade Representative; known for the 5% corporate income tax, Sunshine Amendment, 1972 busing stance, and failed 1984 presidential run.
Reunification of the Hafsid state (1370)
The reunification of the Hafsid state (توحيد الدولة الحفصية) was the restoration of unified Hafsid rule over Ifriqiya by Abu al-Abbas Ahmad, who took Tunis in 1370 after civil war and Marinid invasion.
Reunification of the Uniates of 1839
The Reunification of a Uniates of a 1849 was the incorporation of the Greek Catholic Uniates of the Belarusian and Lithuanian eparchies into Russian Orthodoxy, decided in 1839.
Reunification of Vietnam
The reunification of Vietnam merged communist North Vietnam and South Vietnam into the Socialist Republic of Việt Nam on 2 July 1976, after the fall of Saigon in 1975.
Reunion Infrastructure
Reunion Infrastructure is a San Francisco startup founded in 2022 by Andy Moon and Billy Lee that operates a marketplace for clean energy tax credits.
Reuse
Reuse is using a product again for its original purpose without turning it into waste; in the waste hierarchy it sits above recycling because the whole product stays in service.
Reuter Concession
The Reuter Concession (امتیاز رویتر) was an 1872 grant by Naser al-Din Shah of Qajar Iran to Baron Julius de Reuter, giving him rights over Iran's resources, canceled in 1873.
Reuters
Reuters: global news agency founded in London in 1851 by Paul Julius Reuter (born Israel Beer Josaphat), pioneer of pigeon-post and telegraph news delivery, governed since 1941 by the Trust Principles and now part of Thomson Reuters.
Reuven Rivlin
Reuven Rivlin (ראובן ריבלין), tenth President of Israel 2014-2021, Likud politician, two-term Knesset Speaker, author of the 2015 'Tribes Speech' on Israel's four sectors.
REVA University
REVA University is a state private university in Yelahanka, Bengaluru, established under Karnataka Act No. 13 of 2013 by the Rukmini Educational Charitable Trust, with a 45-acre campus, over 15,000 students, NAAC A+ grade, and QS I-Gauge Diamond rating.
Revaia
Revaia, formerly Gaia Capital Partners, is a Paris-based European growth-equity firm founded by Alice Albizzati and Elina Berrebi, with €600 million under management as of 2025.
Revalesio Corp
Revalesio Corp is a privately held, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company based in Tacoma, Washington, developing RNS60, an oxygen-supersaturated saline studied as an adjunctive therapy for acute ischemic stroke.
Revaluation
Revaluation is an official government increase in a currency's exchange value under a fixed exchange rate regime, typically when an undervalued currency generates persistent balance-of-payments surpluses.
Revaluation model
The revaluation model is the IAS 16 alternative to the cost model, carrying property, plant, and equipment at fair value at the revaluation date less subsequent depreciation and impairment.
Revance Therapeutics
Revance Therapeutics, formerly Essentia Biosystems, was a Newark, California biopharmaceutical company that developed botulinum toxin products, best known for the long-acting neuromodulator DAXXIFY; Crown Laboratories acquired it in 2025.
Revanche Tactical Group
Revanche Tactical Group (Тактична група «Реванш»), also called Tactical Group Revenge, is a Ukrainian volunteer formation of HUR military intelligence's International Legion, formed February 28, 2022 from Tradition and Order nationalists; it fought at Kyiv, Chasiv Yar, and Stepnohirsk and recruits foreign volunteers.
Revanchism
Revanchism, from French revanche, is the nationalist policy of recovering by war territory or prestige lost after defeat. Key cases: French Revanche after 1871, Versailles Germany, Cold War usage, and Russia over Crimea.
Revanth Reddy (అనుముల రేవంత్ రెడ్డి)
Anumula Revanth Reddy (అనుముల రేవంత్ రెడ్డి), born 1969, is Telangana's Chief Minister since December 2023; former TDP MLA from Kodangal, Malkajgiri MP, and TPCC chief who led Congress to the 2023 state victory.
Revata Khadiravaniya
Revata Khadiravaniya (रेवत) was an arahant disciple of the Buddha and youngest brother of Sāriputta, named foremost among forest-dwelling monks for living in an acacia grove.