REVERSIBLE

Capable of being reversed. See also reversible error. … [Read more...] about REVERSIBLE

In Scotch law. The proprietor of an estate who grants a wadset (or mortgage) of his lands, and who has a right, on repayment of the money advanced to him, to be replaced in his right. Bell. … [Read more...] about REVERSER

A loan for homeowners who have significant equity in their property and who are elderly (age 62 or older) where they can make no payments during their lifetime to borrowers and the loan is satisfied from the proceeds of sale of the home upon the homeowner's death. … [Read more...] about REVERSE MORTGAGE

To decompile or disassemble a product or an invention into its basic component parts. With regard to software, this is a conversion of object (machine) code into the source code or other format so that is capable to be manipulated. … [Read more...] about REVERSE ENGINEER

When unfair treatment occurs in the reverse of the usual pattern of discrimination, where members of a minority unfairly treat a member of a majority group, e.g. regarding employment discrimination, where a promotion for a deserving white person is given to a member of another minority group solely on the basis of race. … [Read more...] about REVERSE DISCRIMINATION