(DIP) Enables companies to deliver price sensitive announcements electronically to the London Stock.

See 'time.

Stocks whose earnings have grown at an above average rate over a number of years and which are.

A system of reefing a sail by partially furling it. Roller furling systems are not necessarily designed to support roller reefing.

Of a system (or part thereof) is its condition at an instant of time as described or measured by its properties.

The practice of installing blow-in, loose-fill insulation at a lower density than is recommended to meet a specified R-Value.

A French or continental European stock.

Abbreviation for "Standard Transportation Commodity Code."

Machine which receives dry bulk cargo. It is used for stowing sugar,ores and minerals in the holds.

A term used in options trading. It is a straddle using options with different exercise prices, where.

Investment jargon for not keeping all your eggs in one basket. Diversification implies that you.

On larger sailing vessels, the space between the foremast and mainmast where spare spars were stored.

The heat produced by sources of heat in a building (occupants, appliances, lighting, etc).

This is where a bank other than the issuing bank also guarantees payment under the letter of credit. It normally is used if a seller finds the issuing bank an unacceptable risk and asks his or her own bank or another acceptable bank to guarantee (confirm) ...

An aneroid barometer with a scale graduated in altitude instead of pressure units.

On square rigged ships, lines or cables attached to the ends of each yard; these are used to pivot (brace) the yards around the mast at different angles to the fore-and-aft line of the ship to make the most of the wind..

Waves breaking over rocks or shoals. A wave that approaches shallow water, causing the wave height to exceed the depth of the water it is in, in effect tripping it. The wave changes from a smooth surge in the water to a cresting wave with water tumbling d ...

A private ship operating under license from a government against the merchant shipping of an enemy.

An enemy vessel captured at sea by a privateer or a ship of war. The term is also applied to contraband cargo taken from a merchant ship.

A knot widely used when making a boat fast to a post or bollard.