A quantity of (solid) biomass fuel equal to 2,400 pounds bone dry.

The portion of a safety/relief valve that surrounds the spring. The spring housing.

Money paid by life insurance companies to policyholders based on endowment policies and.

See: 'scrip.

The cover of a scuttle-way or small hatchway which leads to to or from a store room, cabin of small craft, crew's quarters, the forecastle or fore peak.

A record maintained by a trading specialist of buy and sell orders for a given.

Transfer of title from seller to buyer without physical movement of.

The value of an asset as entered in an organisation's.

When a company is about to have a new issue of shares (possibly an IPO), its advisers may well do.

Arrangements with a carrier for the acceptance and carriage of freight; i.e., a space reservation.

Reservation number used to secure equipment and act as a control number prior to completion of a B/L.

A forward pricing sales arrangement in which the cash price is determined, either by the buyer or.

The books in which the transactions of a business are.

The logic of binary systems, such as control systems in which all operations may be reduced to on-off, open-closed, or similar dichotomous basis.

A horizontal pole or spar attached to the mast to which the foot (lower edge) of the sail is fastened

A rest for a cargo-boom when lowered for securing for sea.

A notched support for the boom when the sail is not raised. Unlike a gallows frame, a crutch is stowed when boat is sailing.

A block and tackle attached to the boom and the deck to prevent the main from gybing when sailing downwind

Any system, usually block & tackle or hydraulic, used to hold the boom down. This is useful for maintaining proper sail shape by exerting a downward pull on the boom, particularly when running or on a broad reach.

A stern sprit or spar extending from the stern.