Use American Spellings (Except on the EU website and EU collateral)
toward (not towards)
judgment (not judgement)
organize (not organise)
program (not programme)
while (not whilst)
A
adjustable-rate mortgage
anti-money-laundering (use 2 hyphens)
antitrust
Antitrust Guidelines
asset-based lending
asset/liability management
audio conference (two words; capitalize when part of a title)
B
back-to-back
backtest
backtesting
Basel II, Pillar 1
buyback
buydown
buy/sell agreement
bylaws
C
cancelled (Merriam-Webster – preferred way uses two Ls)
cancellation (Merriam-Webster – preferred way uses two Ls)
C corp.
C corporation
C-level
Chapter Leaders Conference (no apostrophe in leaders)
clearinghouse
co-op
counterparty
countertrade
cosponsor
cybersecurity
D
daylight-saving time (hyphenated)
de novo
debrief
dependant (noun: meaning a person who is dependent on someone else).
dependent (adjective: meaning contingent on, relying on, supported by or addicted to.) drawdown
E
early-bird registration
email (no hyphen)
F
flip chart
floorplan loans
H
home builder (not homebuilder)
I
interagency
Internet (always capitalized)
intranet
J
judgment
L
LIBOR
log in (verb)
log on (verb)
login (noun)
logon (noun)
long-term debt (use a hyphen)
M
mark-to-market accounting modeled, modeling
multi-tenant
N
name tag (two words)
non-asset-based lending (hyphenated)
nonaccrual
nonassociate
nonbank (no hyphen)
noncash (no hyphen)
noncompliance (no hyphen)
noncurrent (no hyphen)
nonfinancial (no hyphen)
noninstitutional (no hyphen)
nonlinear (no hyphen)
nonmember (no hyphen)
nonmonetary (no hyphen)
nonpayment (no hyphen)
nonprofit (no hyphen)
nonrecurring (ho hyphen)
nonsubscriber (no hyphen)
O
online
op risk (when used generically)
operational risk
P
payer
precourse
pretest
Q
quitclaim
R
reborrow
re-create, re-creation (meaning to form again)
renegotiate
RMA (not “the RMA”)
RMA HQ
RMA–Certification Exam
RMA–CRC Exam
round table (capitalize when part of a title)
S
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
S corp.
S corporation
selldown
Subcommittee
T
TALF
TARP
the Journal (only the word Journal is italicized)
The Risk Management Association
The RMA Journal (all italics)
toward
U
undersecured
underserved
V
Value at Risk (VaR)
W
walk-away or walk away (depending on usage, not walkaway)
Web (when used by itself – always capitalized)
Web seminar (do not use webinar)
webcast
website
white paper
World Wide Web (always capitalized) wrong-way risk