Definition of Reversion

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Reversion

The act of returning, or coming back; return.

That which reverts or returns; residue.

The returning of an esttate to the grantor or his heirs, by operation of law, after the grant has terminated; hence, the residue of an estate left in the proprietor or owner thereof, to take effect in possession, by operation of law, after the termination of a limited or less estate carved out of it and conveyed by him.

Hence, a right to future possession or enjoiment; succession.

A payment which is not to be received, or a benefit which does not begin, until the happening of some event, as the death of a living person.

A return towards some ancestral type or character; atavism.

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Reversion Quotations

Like all revolutions, the surrealist revolution was a reversion, a restitution, an expression of vital and indispensable spiritual needs.
Eugene Ionesco

Yes, our tree has an interesting shape. The center branches reflect the shape of the zero curve. When extreme parts of the tree are reached the branching pattern changes to accommodate the mean reversion.
John Hull

Our starting point then was trying to find a way to incorporate mean reversion into the HoLee model.
John Hull

Reversion Translations

reversion in German is Umkehrung, Umpolung, Umkehrung

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