The amount of energy that a building absorbs due to solar energy striking its exterior and conducting to the interior or passing through windows and being absorbed by materials in the building.

An arrangement in which two parties exchange a series of cashflows in one currency for a series.

A card, issued by a bank (or a building society in the UK), which guarantees the payment of a cheque.

A payment system in which the payer authorises the payee to take funds from his bank.

A horn type of vent designed to let air into a cabin and keep water out.

CFM. An airflow measurement of volume.

The weight of water vapor in the air vapor mixture per pound of dry air.

A change made either in the route of a shipment in transit (see Reconsignment) or of the entire ship.

A term used by the London Stock Exchange to denote that a trade was effected as an agency cross or a.

A moment of time which could be measured by the shaking of a sail as a sailing ship comes into the wind.

The metal axle of a block upon which the sheave revolves.

A with profits life assurance bonus, normally added annually to the policy, which is based on the.

Something of value given by one party to another in return for entering into a contract. To be.

Corporate bonds are issued by companies to raise capital. They are an alternative to issuing new.

Side stays from the masthead to the rail..

Is another term for saturated vapor pressure.

A bank account which offers a number of facilities including cheque book for debt.

A formula closely related to Net Present Value which springs from the idea that

To place pieces of dunnage in between pieces of cargo in order to prevent shifting of the cargo.

At or in the direction of the bow. Also the fore part of the ship.