In the US, a fund held by a section of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as deposit.

A moral, rather than a contractual commitment by a bank to provide a loan to a borrower up to a.

A document, issued by a bank to its customers, listing details of debit and credit transactions over.

A short-term credit investment created by a non-financial firm and guaranteed by a bank as to.

In situations where a person owes money to a creditor, and the creditor is not prepared to accept a.

A reference sought from a bank by a company or individual regarding the creditworthiness of another.

The stage, on a fixed river gauge, corresponding to the top of the lowest banks within the reach for which the gauge is used as an index. Compare to flood stage.

A situation where an individual is incapable of settling his/her debts and has been served a.

A unit of pressure equal to 0.99 atmospheres or 14.233 psi.

A unit of pressure equal to 10' dyne per cm-' (101 barye), 1000 millibars. 29.53 inches of mercury.

A region of shallow water usually made of sand or mud, usually running parallel to the shore. Bars are caused by wave and current action, and may not be shown on a chart

Bar charts have a wide variety of applications and in the financial markets are used by technical.

Said of a rope when it is under such tension that it is practically rigid.

The pressure of a system or device measured from absolute zero.

A sail control used to change the athwartships lead of the jib sheet by pulling the sheet toward the centerline of the boat.

A charter in which the bare ship is chartered without crew; the charterer, for a stipulated sum taking over the vessel for a stated period of time, with a minimum of restrictions; the charterer appoints the master and the crew and pays all running expense ...

Condition of a sailing ship when all sails have been taken down in a severe storm, very often a hazardous undertaking if there is a high sea running.

A trust which allows parents to give capital to a child and have the income from that capital.

Vessel contract where charterers take over all responsibility for the operation of the vessel and expenses for a certain period of time.

Hiring of a ship for a period of time during which the shipowner provides only the ship and the charterer provides the crew, all stores and bunkers and pays all operating costs.