(IIEDS)A service for individual investors which puts their orders at the head of any Tandem Systems Queue..

The maximum stress that a material can withstand for an infinitely large number of fatigue cycles. See also fatigue strength.

Customs form permitting in bond cargo to be moved from one location to another under Customs control, within the same Customs district. Usually in motor carrier's possession while draying cargo.

A gas that does not react with other substances; e.g. argon or krypton; sealed between two sheets of glazing to decrease the U-value (increase the R-Value) of windows.

Revolutions per Minute

The value of all the assets employed in a business, including equity and preference capital,.

A vessel used commercially for catching fish, whales, seals, walrus or other living resources of the sea.

The total of direct solar radiation and diffuse sky radiation received by a unit horizontal surface. Global radiation is measured by pyranometers.

A house built using passive solar design techniques.

A loan which the lender can recall at any time. There is no specific maturity.

In the US, a federal tax levied on gifted property, money or securities. The tax is payable by the.

An officer taking his turn as officer of the watch.

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A sailboat with two masts. Generally, the shorter mizzen mast is aft of the main mast, but forward of the rudder post, while a similar vessel, the yawl, has the mizzen mast aft of the rudder post. The mizzen mast of a ketch is larger than that of a yawl.

A order to a broker to buy or sell the entire amount of the order in one transaction or not deal at.

The first plank on the outer hull of a wooden vessel next to the keel. In steel ships, the plating next to the keel, or what is known as strake A.

Book in which is kept a reckoning of items of cargo received or discharged from a hatch or vessel.

See embrittlement.

Filled with water but afloat.