A computerised payment system for clearing cheques in the.

A two-masted vessel with foremast square rigged, and mainmast fore and aft rigged. Originally, a ship of brigands, or pirates.

A compressor belonging to the group of displacement reciprocating compressors.

The same as FOB named inland carrier, except the buyer pays the transportation charge and the seller reduces the invoice by a like amount.

The operation of swinging round, by means of braces, the yards of a square rigged ship to set the sails more efficiently to the wind.

Light rope secured to a buoy to hold vessel while stronger moorings are attached.

The forward part of a boat's main deck.

Old term for the boat used by the captain to go ashore.

The total pressure measured from absolute zero ( i.e., from an absolute vacuum).

The slight deflection of very small particles in a gas stream that occurs when rapidly moving gas molecules strike them.

Purchase of shares without entitlement to current scrip issues. This entitlement remains with the.

The swell of a ship's hull around the propeller shaft.

Customer designated as party paying for services.

A body of water used to cool the water that is circulated in an electric power plant.

A transaction which leads to a chargeable gain and which in turn promotes the issuing of a.

Windward side of a vessel.

An office, represented in most towns in the UK, where the public can obtain free advice on an.

An order to execute a transaction in one security that depends on the price of another security..

A security which gives the holder the right to acquire a share or bond at a specific price and date..

The purchase of accepted term Bills of Exchange at a discount to allow for the funding of the advance from the discount date until the maturity date of the bills.