RSF

Abbreviation with 2 meanings

RSF
Stands forReporters Without Borders
Meanings2
CategoriesOrganizations & Companies, Business & Finance

RSF has two meanings. It stands for Reporters Without Borders (nonprofit) or Rentable square feet (real estate & mortgage).

Meanings of RSF at a glance

#RSF stands forContext
1Reporters Without BordersOrganizations & Companies › Nonprofit
2Rentable square feetBusiness & Finance › Real Estate & Mortgage

1. Reporters Without Borders

Organizations & Companies · Nonprofit Abbreviations

International press freedom organization, known in French as Reporters sans frontières, that defends journalists, documents attacks and imprisonment and publishes the annual World Press Freedom Index.

Example: The country fell 20 places in the RSF World Press Freedom Index this year.

Founded in 1985 in Montpellier, France, it has consultative status at the United Nations. Its index ranks 180 countries and territories on media freedom. It campaigns for the release of jailed journalists and provides grants and safety training to reporters.

2. Rentable square feet

Business & Finance · Real Estate & Mortgage Abbreviations

Office space measurement that includes a tenant's usable area plus its proportional share of common areas such as lobbies, corridors and restrooms, the basis on which most office rent is charged.

Example: We use 9,000 usable feet but pay rent on 10,350 RSF.

The ratio of rentable to usable square feet (USF) is the "load factor." Measurement standards for office buildings are published by BOMA, whose first standard appeared in 1915.

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