Glossary of CRE finance and DCF terms

In cre.dcf: Discounted Cash Flow Tools for Commercial Real Estate

knitr::opts_chunk$set(message = FALSE, warning = FALSE)
library(cre.dcf)
library(dplyr)

Aim

This vignette summarises the main discounted cash flow and debt notions used throughout the cre.dcf package. Each term is given in English and French with a short operational definition.

Full glossary

cre_glossary |>
arrange(term_en) |>
select(term_en, term_fr, definition_en, definition_fr, category, subcategory) |>
knitr::kable()

Debt metrics

cre_glossary |>
filter(category == "debt_metrics") |>
select(term_en, term_fr, definition_en, definition_fr) |>
knitr::kable()

Using the glossary programmatically

The glossary can be accessed directly:

head(cre_glossary)

It can also be queried inside any notebook or report:

cre_glossary |> filter(term_id == "irr")

cre.dcf documentation built on April 10, 2026, 5:08 p.m.