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Stocks whose dividend payouts are high as a proportion of their share price. This could either be.

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A plot of r urrent density versus electrode potential for a specific electrode-electrolyte combination.

A line drawn through all points on a map having the same amount of cloudiness.

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The operation of rinsing out a cask to prepare it for new contents. Casks were once the primary means of carrying on board the necessary water and victuals.

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Certificate given to a ship arriving from a foreign port, by the port's health officer, indicating that there are no cases of disease aboard the ship and the health of all on board is good.

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Materials that prevent or slow down the movement of heat.

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The demand on an energy producing system; the energy consumption or requirement of a piece or group of equipment.

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The six big accountancy firms: KPMG, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, Deloitte & Touche and.

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A pricing model devised by Fischer Black and Myron Scholes in 1973.

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(DAX)The index for the largest 30 German companies quoted on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

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(ITS)An electronic communications network that links nine US markets: the New York (NYSE), American.

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Same as parhelion.

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To put in place of another; i.e., when an insurance company pays a claim it is placed in the same position as the payee with regard to any rights against others.

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A thermodynamic property of a substance, defined as the sum of its internal energy plus the pressure of the substance times its volume, divided by the mechanical equivalent of heat. The total heat content of air; the sum of the enthalpies of dry air and w ...

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The height above the ground that a horizontal axis wind turbine's hub is located.

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A general term for the visible and near visible (ultraviolet and near-infrared) electromagnetic radiation that is emitted by the sun. It has a spectral, or wavelength, distribution that corresponds to different energy levels; short wavelength radiation ha ...

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A display of national colors at all mastheads and the array of signal flags from bow to stern over the masthead (for special occasions and holidays).

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In the US, a plan which enables investors to accumulate shares in stock or a mutual fund by.

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When the two blocks of a tackle have been drawn as close together as possible.

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Laying up of a vessel, in a dock, for repairs.

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