quorum pars magna fui (L.), in which I bore a great share.
quot homines, tot sententiæ (L.), as many men, so many minds (Terence's Phormio).
quousque tandem, O Catilina? (L.), to what length, then, O Catiline, [are you resolved to go]? [from Cicero's oration against Catiline].
rabat (in mod. Fr. rabais), reduction of price.
ragione (It.), a commercial company, a firm.
rara avis (L.), a rare bird, a prodigy.
rari nantes in gurgite vasto (L.), here and there [some] swimming in a vast whirlpool.
Realschulen (Ger.), secondary schools in Germany, giving a general practical training.
réchauffé (Fr.), warmed over, as food; hence stale, insipid.
reçu (Fr.), received: receipt.