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Appraisal Rights: A right of shareholders in a merger to demand the payment of a fair price for their shares, as determined independently.

Rights-On: Shares trading with rights attached to them.

Rights Offering: In a rights offering, also known as a subscription right, a company offers existing shareholders the opportunity to buy additional shares of company stock in proportion to the number they al . . . View Full Definition

Rightsizing: An approach to reducing staff, whereby jobs are prioritized in order to identify and eliminate unnecessary work. This method uses a selection criteria based on individual jobs, rather than p . . . View Full Definition

Riparian Rights: The rights of a landowner whose land borders on a stream or watercourse to use and enjoy the water which is adjacent to or flows over the owners land provided such use does not injure other . . . View Full Definition

Rights Of Survivorship: If two or more people own property jointly with rights of survivorship and one of the owners should die, the deceased owner’s share of the property automatically passes to the surviving owne . . . View Full Definition

Purchase Of Development Rights (PDR): The acquisition of property development rights through voluntary sale by the landowner to a government agency or land trust. The government agency or land trust acquiring development rights . . . View Full Definition

Peer Appraisal: A performance appraisal strategy whereby an employee is reviewed by his or her peers who have sufficient opportunity to examine the individual’s job performance.

Performance Appraisal: A periodic review and evaluation of an individual's job performance.

Property Rights: Rights of individuals and companies to own and use property as they see fit and to receive the stream of income that their property generates.