The unofficial trading of securities before their formal issue.

A floatation device shaped like a U and thrown to people in the water in emergencies.

Machines in which air or gas is compressed from initial pressure to an intermediate pressure in one or more cylinders or casings.

Usually refers to ethanol to 160 to 200 proof.

Assets of a company which are regularly turned over including cash, work in progress and.

The standard promulgated by the Accounting Standards Board which requires that all sources of.

The structure perpendicular to the shoreline to which a vessel is secured for the purpose of loading and unloading cargo.

A short length of rope secured at one end, and used in securing or checking a running rope, e.g., deck stopper, boat fall stopper, etc.

Loan issued against some security

An order to make haste.

(1) The land in general, but usually refers to that part adjacent to the water. (2) A timber used in damage control to brace bulkheads and decks. (3) One of the many wooden props by which the ribs or frames of a vessel are externally supported while build ...

Those gases, such as water vapor, carbon dioxide, tropospheric ozone, methane, and low level ozone that are transparent to solar radiation, but opaque to long wave radiation, and which contribute to the greenhouse effect.

A group of vessel operators joined together for the purpose of establishing freight rates.

A document, relevant to life assurance, personal pension and unit trust products, which is given to.

The exchange rate between two currencies, other than those that form a market's principal rates..

In 1887 Charles Dow (as in 'The Dow Jones') developed two stock market 'averages':

A former tax on a deceased person's estate and the forerunner of capital transfer tax which itself.

A charge imposed by a management company on a mutual fund or unit trust to cover administration.

Energy that is transmitted by pressure waves in air or other materials and is the objective cause of the sensation of hearing.

An index of the share prices of the 250 largest companies (by market capitalisation) immediately.