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A broker who buys and sells shares on the instructions of clients but who offers no advice about.

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(HRP)A scheme which preserves your rights to a basic state pension during periods when you are caring for.

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Same as recording rain gauge.

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Temperature assumed by an unsaturated air parcel when brought adiabatically to a standard pressure (1,000 mb).

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Percentage of time a compressor unit can operate at full load over a thirty minute period.

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To luff or luff up is to head into the wind, causing sails to flutter.

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The individual or firm that issues a draft and thus stands to receive payment.

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A draft that matures at a fixed or determinable time after presentation or acceptance.

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A bank organised in the US which provides all the stock transfer and agency services in.

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Insurance which extends the term of a warranty, typically covering repairs on appliances and cars,.

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Diffuse solar radiation which has the same intensity in all directions.

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A general term for provisions, materials and supplies used aboard ship for the maintenance of the crew, and for the navigation, propulsion and upkeep of the vessel and its equipment.

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The proportion of a share portfolio at risk in a certain area. So of you have half of your portfolio.

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A solid adsorbent used for drying compressed air.

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A scale of yellows, greens, and blues for recording the color of sea water, as seen against the white background of a Secchi disk.

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An instrument for studying, or examining substances in, polarized light. See Savant polariscope.

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Similar to a whip, an instrument of punishment where seamen were flogged on their bare backs.

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To calculate your position using time, the position of celestial bodies, and mathematical tables. Position is determined by measuring the apparent altitude of one of these objects above the horizon using a sextant and recording the times of these sighting ...

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Slang term for a small swab made of rope and used for drying decks.

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Near or toward the shore

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