Glossary

ERI Economic Research Institute is pleased to provide an expanded and updated glossary of commonly used compensation terms and formulas for your ongoing reference.

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Rabbi Trust Raise Random Sampling Range Range Overlap Range Penetration Range Spread Ranking Method of Job Evaluation Rate Rate Making Rate of Return Method Rate Range Rated Policy Rater-Accuracy Training Rater-Error Training Rating Classes Rating Scale Ratio Ratio Measurements Real Estate Appraisal Real Wages Reasonable and Customary Charge Reasonable Compensation Rebating Rebuttable Presumption of Reasonableness Reclassification Recognition Awards Recognition Program Recording Method Recovery Benefit Recruitment Bonuses Red Circle Rate Re-Enlistment Bonus Referral Bonus Refund Annuity Regional Director of Agencies (RDA) Registered Pension Plan Registered Reinsurer Registered Representative Registered Retirement Plan Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) Regressive Incentive Regular Rate of Pay Reinforcement Theory Reinstatement Reinstatement Provision Reinsurance Reinsurer Relation of Earnings to Insurance Clause Relative Value Schedule Released Value Protection Reliability Religious Discrimination Relocation Bonus Relocation Premium Remembrance Funds Remote-Site-Allowance Remuneration Remuneration Loss Replacement Remuneration Strategy, Philosophy, Policy Renewable Term Insurance Renewal Commission Renewal Premiums Renewal Provision Renters Buying Power Repatriation Replacement Reportable Event Representation Required Reserve Rescission Reservation Wage Reserve Reserve Strengthening Resisted Claim Resource Resource Description Framework (RDF) Responsibility Rest-and-Recreation Leave Restricted Stock Restricted Stock Awards (RSA) Restricted Stock Units (RSU) Restructuring Result Clause Retained Asset Account (RAA) Retained Earnings Retention Retention Bonus Retention Limit Retired Lives Reserve Retiree Benefit Reserves Retro Premium Retroactive Disability Benefit Retrospective Premium Arrangement Retrospective Review Retrospective-Rating Arrangement Return on Assets (ROA) Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) Return on Equity (ROE) Return on Investment Capital (ROIC) Return on Investments (ROI) Return on Net Assets (RONA) Return on Sales (ROS) Revenue Revocable Beneficiary Revocable Trust Rewards System Rider Right of Survivorship Rightsizing Risk Class Risk in Insurance Risk-Free Rate of Return Rollover Room and Board Rotational Assignment (International) Roth Individual Retirement Account (Roth IRA) Rucker Share of Production Plan

Common Compensation Terms and Formulas

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