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Electrolytic cleaning in which the work is the anode. Also called reverse-current cleaning.

Insurance which pays benefits in the event of an accident. Items typically covered are medical.

Time Charter

Overseas Private Investment Corporation.

Abbreviation for "Uniform Freight Classification."

The process by which one object becomes adhered to another by the binding action of ice.

A thermodynamic change of state in a system in which there is no transfer of heat or mass across the boundaries of the system. In an adiabatic process, compression always results in warming, expansion in cooling. Compare to diabatic process.

A hypothetical temperature characterized by a complete absence of heat and defined as 0 K, -273.15 C, or -459.67 F.

Charterparty or Charter Party

Temperature based on an absolute scale.

A measure of the rate at which the air in an interior space is replace by outside (or conditioned) air by ventilation and infiltration; usually measured in cubic feet per time interval (hour), divided by the volume of air in the room.

Booking Note

Electrode reaction equivalent to a transfer of positive charge from the electronic to the ionic conductor. An anodic reaction is an oxidation process. An example common in corrosion is: Me -> Me(+n) + n(e-)

The date to which accounts are made up for a company. When a company is incorporated, it will.

This refers to shipping documents which are presented to a bank on a collection basis to be passed to the buyer when he or she accepts a bill of exchange. The bank holds the bill of exchange until it ends (maturity) when they ask the buyer to pay the sell ...

A film on a metal surface resulting from an electrolytic treatment at the anode..

A Letter of Credit which includes a term bill of exchange in its required documentation. The bill will be accepted by the bank on which it is drawn, usually the issuing or advising bank, and the proceeds paid to the beneficiary at maturity.

Also 'account payee only'. Words written on the face of a cheque between two parallel diagonal.

The practice of setting aside a proportion of the main earner's pension fund on divorce, benefits.