2. (v.) sell goods direct to customers零售

　　[例] Dealers are retailing the goods at &17.

　　retailer [ ri:5teilE ]person who sells goods direct零售商

　　retained earnings (n.) undistributed profits未分配利润

　　[例] The retained earnings are profits that cannot be distributed.

　　retire [ ri5taiE ] (v.) stop working because of old age or illness退休

　　[例] She has to retire this year for she is 50.

　　retirement [ ri5taiEmEnt ] (n.) time when one stops working because of old age or illness退休

　　[例] As retirement approaches, there is often a deceleration period.

　　return [ ri5tE:n ] (n.) profit from an investment(投资)回报

　　[例] What sort of return can we expect?

　　ROI (return on investment)投资回报

　　revaluate [ 5ri:5vAljueit ] (v) to increase the exchange value of (a nation's currency) 使(货币)升值

　　[例] The government decide to revaluate her currency.

　　[同义词] upvalue

　　[反义词]devaluate

　　revamp [ 5ri:5vAmp ] (n.) a complete reorganization or revision 重组

　　[例] The new CEO gave his company a major revamp.

　　revenue [ 5revinju: ] (n.) income received收入

　　[例] The financial department has announced the net revenue of last year in the meeting of broad of directors.

　　review [ ri5vju: ]1. (v.) look, check评论

　　[例] an annual review

　　reward [ ri5wC:d ]1. (n.) something given for good work奖赏

　　[例] The supervisor’s praise may be enough of a reward to keep productivity up.

　　2. (v.) give something for good work酬劳

　　[例] Your incentive plan should therefore reward employees in direct proportion to their increased productivity.

　　rework [ 5ri:5wE:k ] (v.) to do again, normally because of poor quality 重做

　　[例] You must rework because the quality of the array of china is too poor.

　　risk [ risk ] (n.) chance of success or failure风险

　　[例] take a risk

　　[同义词] hazard, peril, danger

　　risk capital (n.) money for investment in projects with a high risk but also with a potential for a high return风险资本

　　[例] The higher profits you can get from risk capital, the higher risk you might have.

　　risk-free investment involving no risk at all零风险投资

　　risky (adj.) 有风险的

　　[例] That’s a risky venture.

　　[同义词] hazardous, perilous, dangerous

　　rival [ 5riski ]1. (n.) competitor竞争对手

　　[例] We are informed our rival has explored a large market in Middle East.

　　2. (adj.) competing竞争的

　　rock -bottom (adj) the lowest point 最低点

　　[例] This is a rock-bottom price , and is our best offer.

　　round [ raund ] (adj.) correct to nearest 10 or 100约略的(以整数计)

　　[例] In round figures we can say ￡5,000.

　　round up/down (n.) increase/decrease to a round number四舍五入为整数

　　royalty [ 5rCiElti ] (n.) money paid to an inventor/creator/writer by the licensee or publisher版税

　　[例] 8% royalty to the writer

　　RSVP=please reply(法文) 请回复

　　run [ rQn ] (v.) manage, organize管理

　　[例] He runs two businesses.

　　run (v) to continue in effect or operation有效

　　[例] a lease with one year to run

　　running [5rQnIN] (adj.) 1. operating运营的

　　[例] running costs

　　2. continuing连续的

　　[例] a running conversation