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

A takeover bid by one company for another, in which the directors of the target company oppose.

Time after which legal claims will not be entertained

A sales incentive, commonly used on mortgages, which gives customers a cash sum as soon as the deal.

A display of national colors at all mastheads and the array of signal flags from bow to stern over the masthead (for special occasions and holidays).

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

A navigational aid used to facilitate the landing of an aircraft at an airport in instrument weather, i.e. low visibility.

The number of cycles through which an alternating current passes per second; in the U.S. the standard for electricity generation is 60 cycles per second (60 Hertz).

A method of depositing thin semiconductor photovoltaic) films. With this method, physical processes, such as thermal evaporation or bombardment of ions, are used to deposit elemental semiconductor material on a substrate.

Nickname for the New York Stock.

A small, heavy triangular loose-footed sail fitted aft of the mast and used primarily in very strong winds.

The most commonly used lubricating oil for compressors.

The space provided for stowage of provisions or other materials.

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

(1) A ruffle on the water indicating a breath of wind during a calm (2) A twisting hitch made in the bight of a rope to form two eyes, through which the hook of a tackle is passed for hoisting purposes.

Water heated for residential washing, bathing, etc.

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 credit line offered by banks and mortgage lenders which grants the homeowner the opportunity of.

Kept in a neat seaman-like manner.

A structure of wooden or metal supports that make up the mounting for a ship's engine.