A transaction on a stock exchange by a broker or institution.

Capital Expenditure Authorization.

Slang for getting married. A splice joins two lines together permanently.

River and Estoarial Water Service.

A note, issued to a person or company indicating an amount.

The practice of using a single meter to measure consumption and generation of electricity by a small generation facility (such as a house with a wind or solar photovoltaic system). The net energy produced or consumed is purchased from or sold to the gener ...

Plating wherein fine metal powders are peened onto the work by tumbling or other means.

A layer of semiconductor material, such as copper indium diselenide or gallium arsenide, a few microns or less in thickness, used to make solar photovoltaic cells.

Front of a container or trailer - opposite the tail.

The white froth on the crests of waves.

Fuel gas with a heating value of between 200 and 300 Btu per cubic foot.

A construction element used for ceiling support.

Independent Tank, Common

Also saloon; the main social cabin of a boat

Survey

Said to weigh.

A type of heating system where heat, resulting when electric current flows through an "element" or conductor, such as Nichrome, which has a high resistance, is radiated to a room.

The discomfort or interference with visual perception when viewing a bright object against a dark background.

Navigation and Inspection Circular (US Coast Guard)

The wheeling of electric power in amounts and at prices that generally have been negotiated in longterm contracts between the generator and a distributor or very large consumer of power.