(GPM)A mortgage scheme in which monthly payments commence at a lower level and increase over a period of.

A US term which describes the situation in which a takeover target buys back its own shares from a.

The smaller of two mating or meshing gears; can be either the driving or the driven gear.

Unit of highway motive power used to pull one or more trailers/containers.

A white light, usually on the masthead, visible from all directions, used to indicate that a vessel is anchored.

Funds sent by one person to another as payment.

A turbine that has a runner with attached blades similar to a propeller used to drive a ship. As water passes over the curved propeller blades, it causes rotation of the shaft.

A company (or person) making an unwanted counter bid for another company, whose intentions are.

Atmospheric layer throughout which there is no change of temperature with height, i.e. a zero lapse rate.

Precipitation of very small, white opaque particles of ice, fairly flat or elongated, with diameters less than 1 mm. The solid equivalent of drizzle.

The process of connecting a moving rail car with a motionless rail car within a rail classification yard in order to make up a train. The cars move by gravity from an incline or "hump" onto the appropriate track.

Abbreviation for "Currency Adjustment Factor." A charge, expressed as a percentage of a base rate, that is applied to compensate ocean carriers of currency fluctuations.

Pull the sail in by pulling on the sheet.

A government document which permits the "Licensee" to engage in the export of designated goods to certain destinations.

The price at which a market maker will buy shares or, in the case of unit trusts, the price at.

A metal fitting on the mast that the stays attached to the mast; a fitting on the mast for securing rigging.

A dust-collection chamber containing numerous permeable fabric filters through which the exhaust gases pass. Finer particulates entrained in the exhaust gas stream are collected in the filters for subsequent treatment/disposal.

This committee has oversight over the generation and marketing of electric power from federal water projects by federally charted or Federal RPM authorities, measures and matters concerning water resources planning, compacts relating to use and apportionm ...

An index of the share prices of the 300 largest European companies, by market.