In the US, a plan which enables investors to accumulate shares in stock or a mutual fund by.

A company quoted on the London Stock Exchange which invests its shareholders' funds in the shares.

To steer the boat more into the wind, thereby causing the sails to flap or luff.

An international charge card enabling the holder to obtain goods and services without the need to.

Changes in contour or discontinuities in structure that cause local increases in stress.

A rain gauge which is placed under trees or foliage to determine the rainfall in that location. By comparing this catch with that from a rain gauge set in the open. the amount of rainfall which has been intercepted by foliage can be determined.

(1) An engine. (2) The act of using an engine to move a boat.

The lifting power. It may be measured by the volume of a watertight hull above the load water line.

The tender of one lot of cargo at one time from one shipper to one consignee on one bill of lading.

An insurance term referring to any defect or other characteristic of a product that could result in damage to the product without external cause (for example, instability in a chemical that could cause it to explode spontaneously). Insurance policies may ...

A rate published on traffic moving from an interior point to a port for transshipment to a foreign country.

The space provided for stowage of provisions or other materials.

A set of wheels that support the front of a container; used when the automotive unit is disconnected.

A device used to regulate motor speed, or, in a wind energy conversion system, to control the rotational speed of the rotor.

A power plant that produces electricity by the force of water falling through a hydro turbine that spins a generator.

A current carrier, either an electron or a hole, that is in the minority in a specific layer of a semiconductor material; the diffusion of minority carriers under the action of the cell junction voltage is the current in a photovoltaic device.

An opening in a deck, cockpit, toe-rail or gunwale to allow water to run off the deck and drain back into the sea.

Through transportation of a container and its contents from consignor to consignee. Also known as House to House. Not necessarily a through rate.

An options expression which indicates the difference between the current price of the.

A metallic pad, usually embedded in concrete, on which the compressor feet are mounted.