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report
Subject:
Business Studies

an account of the results of an investigation made into a certain problem.

reported speech
Subject:
English First Additional Language , English Home Language

see indirect speech.

representative fraction
Subject:
Geography

scale expressed as a ratio

repurchase rate
Subject:
Economics

commonly known as the repo rate.

repurchase tender system
Subject:
Economics

the banks tender each week to borrow money from the SARB for the next week and pay interest at...

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