Passenger

Privilege to use the rate producing the lowest charge.

Marine eCommerce Association

Liquefied Hazardous Gas

The largest of the headsails; corresponds to the genoa.

See 'automated teller.

A person to whom an asset or right is.

The space-conditioning load of a building.

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

The number of degrees per day that the daily average temperature (the mean of the maximum and minimum recorded temperatures) is below a base temperature, usually 65 degrees Fahrenheit, unless otherwise specified; used to determine indoor space heating req ...

A sea on the quarter (coming from a side of the stern).

The fracture toughness determined under dynamic loading conditions; it is used as an approximation of KIc for very tough materials.

General name for a type of instrument which measures the inclination of the wind to the horizontal plane. See bivane.

The purchase of additional shares in a company when the price has fallen.

Marine Accident Investigation Branch

A forceful resistance to recognized authority. A refusal to obey a legal order of a superior officer is also considered mutiny.

(ARPS)Preferred stock which pays a dividend in line with interest rates generally rather than a fixed.

A triangular topsail set above the mainsail in a gaff-rigged vessel.

(1) Describing a boat that lacks stability. (2) A small dinghy or launch used to transport crew and equipment from shore to a larger boat (3) One who serves as a precautionary standby, such as a line tender

A wind blowing in a direction opposite to the heading of a moving object, thus opposing the object's intended progress; the opposite of a tailwind.