[meaning]

Category:Sea Words

Barge Equipped with Heavy Crane.

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B/C

Bulk Carrier

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B/d

Barrels per day (measure of petroleum production).

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B/L

Abbreviation for "Bill of Lading."

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B/L

Bill of Lading

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B/N

Booking Note

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B/S

Bunker surchage.

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Breathing air

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The unfortunate man who was assigned to remain on deck to watch over the ship's safety while the ship was in harbor, and the rest of the crew were off duty.

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Children's bonus bonds, often nicknamed baby bonds, are friendly society policies allowing tax-free.

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Secondary forestay supporting the leading edge of the mast and used to flatten the mainsail in building winds.

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To back an anchor, is to carry out a smaller one ahead of the one by which the vessel rides, to take off some of the strain. To back a sail, is throw it aback. To back and fill, is alternately to back and fill the sails.

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The wind shifts in a counterclockwise direction in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere (opposite of VEER); the wind is said to back when it changes contrary to its normal pattern.

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A charge imposed when investors redeem (sell) shares in mutual funds, which has the effect of.

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Brokerage house administrative operations that support the trading of stocks and other securities..

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Resistance to air flow; usually stated in inches H2O or PSI.

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Taxes that have not been paid on the due date or were underreported either by accident or by.

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The combination of a life assurance policy and an annuity on the same life the purpose of which.

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A situation where an investment organisation, such as an investment trust, deposits sterling with a.

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