Expenses incurred by a person whilst carrying out duties at work, which are 'approved' by the tax.

Tax allowances are concessions by the Inland Revenue which can be used to reduce a person's.

Annual publication of astronomical data for the use of navigators.

Above the upper deck (above).

Close beside a ship, wharf or jetty.

Side to side.

A phrase referring to the side of a ship. Goods delivered "alongside" are to be placed on the dock or barge within reach of the transport ship's tackle so that they can be loaded.

Down or downwards; as in "Lay alow!"; opposite of Aloft.

All Passenger.

The relationship which the return on a stock has with the return on the market as a whole, often.

A term previously given to the most actively traded shares on the London Stock Exchange along with.

Admiralty List of Radio Signals. British admiralty publications (8 volumes, some of them in double or triple books) informing the navigators about all the radio stations and various kind of broacasted informations such as time signals, weather & navigatio ...

Altitude

Instrument for establishing the altitude and azimuth of stars and planets.

A type of rain gauge shield consisting of freely hanging, evenly spaced slats arranged circularly around the gauge. The advantage of this shield is that the slats do not easily accumulate snow, permitting its use on unattended gauges. See rain gauge shiel ...

Practice of loading iron ore cargoes into every alternate hold, leaving the remaining holds empty.

A type of electrical current, the direction of which is reversed at regular intervals or cycles; in the U.S. the standard is 120 reversals or 60 cycles per second; typically abbreviated as AC.

An electrical current that periodically reverses its direction. Standard in US and Canada is 60 cycles per second. Europe and other countries is 50 cycles per second.

A popular term for "non-conventional" transportation fuels derived from natural gas (propane, compressed natural gas, methanol, etc.) or biomass materials (ethanol, methanol).

Investment in items other than stocks, bonds or other securities. Wine, art, antiques are.