A reference to the major operational changes on the London Stock Exchange which took place on.

Yield calculations on bonds aim to show the return on a gilt or bond as a percentage of either.

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

UK shareholders receive dividends with a tax credit of 10%. This means that a notional 10% tax.

The amount of precipitation falling in one day, or other specified period, that is likely to be equalled or exceeded in any given place only once in a century. That is, a precipitation amount that has a return period of 100 years.

To trim the sheets in.

To stop the running out of a line by taking a turn around a cleat, piling, etc.; to suddenly stop or secure a line. A ship with too much way can be snubbed by letting an anchor go.

ACRONYM - British thermal unit. The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit under set conditions of temperature and pressure.

The fossil fuels: coal, oil, and natural gas.

A measure of the unavailable or unusable energy in a system; energy that cannot be converted to another form.

In lore, the flag flown by a pirate ship - a white skull on a black background with crossed bones below the skull - although there is no evidence that such a flag was ever flown.

The quantity of contaminant a filter element can trap and hold before the maximum allowable back pressure or delta P level is reached.

The conversion of electric power to visible light by using an electric charge to excite gaseous atoms in a glass tube. These atoms emit ultraviolet radiation that is absorbed by a phosphor coating on the walls of the lamp tube. The phosphor coating produc ...

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Micrometer or one millionth of a meter; micron is sometimes represented in filtration by the Greek letter

Also known as deferred income and income.

See: 'National Insurance (NI) Basic.

Interest cover measures the amount of interest paid by a company on its borrowings against its.

The area of sea not under the sovereignty of nations with a seaboard.

A verb with a variety of meanings. To round in is to haul in quickly; to round up is to bring a sailing vessel head into the wind; to round down a tackle is to overhaul it; to round a mark is to pass a racing mark.