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Metal strip and lead fastener used for locking freight car or truck doors. Seals are numbered for record purposes.

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The theoretical price at which a futures contract should trade to be equivalent to the purchase.

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DVS

Installations character for Diving systems.

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The fitting which connects the boom to the mast.

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Mesh is the number of openings in a square inch of screen or sieve. It is equal to the square of the number of strands of metal or plastic screening per lineal inch. Standard US mesh screen # 16 equates to a 1.19 millimeter particle diameter, mesh size #4 ...

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The flow of heat from one area to another by conduction, convection, and/or radiation. Heat flows naturally from a warmer to a cooler material or space.

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Is the property of a substance that gauges the potential or driving force for the flow of heat.

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A penalty charge against shippers or consignees for delaying the carrier's equipment beyond the allowed free time. The free time and demurrage charges are set forth in the charter party or freight tariff.- See also Detention and Per Diem.

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The officially designated elevation of an airport above mean sea level, taken as the highest point on any of the runways of the airport. Same as airport elevation.

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FSA

1.Formal Safety AssessmentStudy of risks which should improve the design of ships, and also their actual maintenance.2.Fixed Securing Arrangements

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After or trailing edge of a sail; the after edge of a fore-and-aft sail and the outer edges of a square sail.

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An obsolete historical term usually applied to stress-corrosion crackling of brass.

Special Periodical Survey of Inert Gas System

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Offshore Petroleum Discharge System.

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An interest-only mortgage ultimately repaid by the proceeds of an endowment assurance policy which.

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(FNMA)In the US, a government-backed corporation which purchases mortgages from lenders and resells them.

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In the US, an expense allowed by the Internal Revenue Service which is deducted from adjusted.

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The length of the boat at the waterline.

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In the US, a reputable stock with a record of consistently high dividend payments to.

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In the simplest terms, the purchase and sale, or sale and purchase, of a security on the same.

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