In the US, a fund held by a section of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as deposit.
A moral, rather than a contractual commitment by a bank to provide a loan to a borrower up to a.
A document, issued by a bank to its customers, listing details of debit and credit transactions over.
A short-term credit investment created by a non-financial firm and guaranteed by a bank as to.
In situations where a person owes money to a creditor, and the creditor is not prepared to accept a.
A reference sought from a bank by a company or individual regarding the creditworthiness of another.
The stage, on a fixed river gauge, corresponding to the top of the lowest banks within the reach for which the gauge is used as an index. Compare to flood stage.
A situation where an individual is incapable of settling his/her debts and has been served a.
A unit of pressure equal to 10' dyne per cm-' (101 barye), 1000 millibars. 29.53 inches of mercury.
Bar charts have a wide variety of applications and in the financial markets are used by technical.
A sail control used to change the athwartships lead of the jib sheet by pulling the sheet toward the centerline of the boat.
A charter in which the bare ship is chartered without crew; the charterer, for a stipulated sum taking over the vessel for a stated period of time, with a minimum of restrictions; the charterer appoints the master and the crew and pays all running expense ...
Condition of a sailing ship when all sails have been taken down in a severe storm, very often a hazardous undertaking if there is a high sea running.
A trust which allows parents to give capital to a child and have the income from that capital.
Hiring of a ship for a period of time during which the shipowner provides only the ship and the charterer provides the crew, all stores and bunkers and pays all operating costs.
Vessel contract where charterers take over all responsibility for the operation of the vessel and expenses for a certain period of time.