### ratios:

Financial ratio
* are ratios.
* can be the impartial indicators at the financial trends at the business.
* provide ways to quantify a company's operating success and financial well-being.

Reactant
* Most reactants have energy.
* Most reactants yield more products
* are always in the denominator
  - chemicals
  - in the denominator raised to their stoichiometric coefficient
  - on the left and products are on the right
  - shown on the left side of an equation and products are shown on the right side
  - stronger bonds

### reactive business:

Risk arbitrage
* is an arbitrage
* reactive business.

### real disease:

Internet addiction
* can have a devastating impact on peoples' lives.
* increases the likelihood of virtual adultery, as the table below shows.
* is especially risky in the work environment.
* real disease.

Real estate
* brings people together from all walks of life.
* can be in the form of a limited partnership or individual properties.
* competitive market.
* complex form of investment.
* cyclical industry characterized by recurring periods of boom and bust.
* dealer's stock in trade.
* family business.
* fast paced industry.
* field where it pays to use the services of a professional
  - with varied career opportunities
* fragmented market with no centralized database.
* geographic industry.
* gets more expensive every year, and technology gets cheaper every year.
* has the same benefits as securities.
* holds a special place in American law.
* includes owners, lessors, lessees, agents, and developers of real estate.
* includes rental property and land
  - property, land, and second or summer homes
  - the buildings and land of our homes and businesses
* is about people
  - acquired by exchange, by payment, by a bill of sale, or by taking possession
  - also a great way to keep a hedge against inflation
* is an ever-changing market with new issues that affect the marketplace on a daily basis
  - industry used to cozy inside deals between friends and partners
  - inherently localized commodity
* is an investment and with it comes risk
  - that benefits from inflation
  - big business in the United States
  - collateral for mortgages and a large amoung of financial assets
  - controlled by the laws of the state where the real property is located
  - for most people their largest single investment
  - information arbitrage
* is land and any permanent improvements to that land
  - plus permanent man-made additions
  - managed by property managers
  - more than just selling houses
  - one area where the largest chunk of black money is created
* is one of the largest investments people make, both financially and emotionally
  - most talked about commodities in the world
* is the fourth investment category, and one in which many people have built wealth
  - key cost of physical retailers
* local, personal-service industry.
* major component of household wealth
  - piece of a company s assets
* means lots, residence, and income producing property.
* people business.
* personal business
  - service business
* team sport.
* tracks the cost of living better than any other form of investment.
* traditional hedge against inflation.

### real forms:

Sculptural form
* appear in all other art disciplines.
* are real forms.

### real life-savers:

Platelet transfusion
* are real life-savers.
* is contraindicated since it is associated with rapid deterioration.