The value or purchasing power of a dollar that has not been reduced to a common basis of constant purchasing power, but instead reflects anticipated future inflation; when used in computations the assumed inflation rate must be stated.

Abbreviation for "Master Container Freight Station." See CFS.

A conduit for disposing of refuse-especially that the ship/s galley.

A fall in the price of shares, either of one company or a sector or the whole market, which is.

(DTB)The German derivatives exchange, where the bund, Euromark futures and Dax futures and options.

A draft that matures on a fixed date, regardless of the time of acceptance.

An authorised company which provides.

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

A laborer who works at loading and discharging cargo.

Used for hoisting a topmast or topgallant mast on a square rigged ship.

An electrical discharge caused by certain atmospheric conditions, which takes place around the rigging. Known by many other names, it was regarded by many superstitious seamen as a favorable omen, foretelling the end of stormy weather. And others believed ...

A curved or vertical timber that when paired with a floor or additional futtocks makes the frame of a wooden ship.

Former name for the equipment of a vessel, and included the personnel.

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

A slightly sloped roof, usually with a tar and gravel cover. Most commercial buildings use this kind of roof.

The directors are a company's most senior managers and are elected to run the company by.

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.

A heat exchanger in a solar water heating system that has two distinct walls between the heat transfer fluid and the domestic water, to ensure that there is no mixing of the two.

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

Assets of a company such as buildings and machinery which are regularly used over a long period of.