A symbol placed on packages for identification purposes; generally a triangle,square, circle, etc. with letters and/or numbers and port of discharge.

(1) A stock of merchandise advanced to a dealer and located at his place of business, but with title remaining in the source of supply.(2) A shipment of goods to a consignee.

(CQS) A US system which collects and disseminates, electronically, current bid and asked quotations along.

A US high-speed system that continuously provides the last sale price and volume of any securities.

(CTA)Oversees the operations of the US 'consolidated tape', which it developed, under a formal 'CTA Plan'.

(CTS) Receives and disseminates, electronically, listed stock last-sale prices in all markets in which.

Cargo containing shipments of two or more shippers or suppliers. Containerload shipments may be consolidated for one or more consignees.

The process by which a company changes the structure of its share capital by reducing the number.

A person or firm performing a consolidation service for others. The consolidator takes advantage of lower full carload (FCL) rates, and savings are passed on to shippers.

See: 'irredeemable.

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

A plan which enables investors to accumulate shares in a mutual fund by purchasing them on a regular.

The value or purchasing power of a dollar in a specified year carried forward or backward.

The unit that runs continuously and matches air supply to demand, by loading and unloading the compressor.

A balloon designed to float at a constant pressure level. This may be accomplished by a pressure valve which controls the release of ballast so as to maintain flight above a selected pressure level until the supply of ballast is exhausted. See Moby Dick b ...

Same as constant-level balloon.

Wind turbines that operate at a constant rotor revolutions per minute (RPM) and are optimized for energy capture at a given rotor diameter at a particular speed in the wind power curve.

A program whereby the U.S. government attempted to offset the higher shipbuilding cost in the U.S. by paying up to 50% of the difference between cost of U.S. and nonU.S. construction. The difference went to the U.S. shipyard. It is unfunded since 1982.

Equipped to assist during offshore construction and maintenance work.

A government official residing in a foreign country who represents the interests of her or his country and its nationals.