The total pressure minus the static pressure in an air or gas stream.

A monetary allowance to the customer for picking up or delivering at a point other than the destination shown on the bill of lading. This provision is covered by tariff publication.

The most important commercial measurement when the intrinsic weight of the cargo is so low that the ship becomes full without being loaded to the cargo line. Is expressed in cubic metres or cubic feet.

A banking term which refers to the branch which accepts cheques to be credited to its customers'.

A company which owns a number of other companies with widely diversified.

A bank jointly owned by a number of other banks. An increasingly unfashionable way for small banks.

A particular type of order which a client gives to his broker when buying shares.

The shape or design of a sail.

The typical winds for a particular region and time of year.

(1) A false keel. (2) The projection of the keel abaft the stern frame where the spindle of the rudder rests.

A general term applied to the energy that is converted to a form that can not be effectively used (lost) during the operation of an energy producing, conducting, or consuming system.

The annual dividend income per share received from a company divided by its current share price..

An instrument for measuring differences in electric potential.

To bring a sailing vessel to a stop with her sails still set. This can be accomplished on a square rigged ship by bracing the yards aback on her foremast; on fore-and-aft rigged boats it is done by bringing her head into the wind so that the sails are no ...

A system of rivers and canals along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States allowing boats to travel along them without having to go offshore.

An electrical conductor/cable that carries electricity from a generator to other locations for distribution.

A commonly used analysis for reporting fuel properties; may be on a dry (moisture free) basis, as "fired", or on an ash and moisture free basis. Fractions usually reported include: volatile matter, fixed carbon, moisture, ash, and heating value (higher he ...

A construction element applied to the outermost surface of an exterior wall.

Small birds that foretell bad weather and bad luck.

A machinery device, which, with assist of the friction between reel and nets, lifts nets onto the board, shore, or ice surface from water.