Compartment in the hold of a containership into which a shipping container fits exactly.

Attempting to import merchandise into a country at a price less than the fair market value, usually through subsidy by exporting country.

A charge imposed by a management company on a mutual fund or unit trust to cover administration.

A sail plan in which the main and/or mizzen, or the foresail of a schooner, is of triangular shape, very long in the luff and set from a tall mast. This is almost now universal in all sailing yachts.

The power required at the compressor drive shaft. Losses in external transmissions such as gears and belt drives are not included.

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

A plot of a wind energy conversion device's power output versus wind speed.

Articles which are taken apart to reduce the cubic footage displaced or to make a better shipping unit and are to be re-assembled.

Index-linked savings certificates. They were originally introduced for people who were over.

Running ashore (hitting the bot-tom).

The mean distance a free electron or hole moves before recombining with another hole or electron.

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

An old seafaring dish made of boiled oatmeal seasoned with salt, sugar, and butter.

A mast supported by the use of lines or wire known as stays and shrouds.

The navigable water to leeward of a vessel.

A method of financial and economic analysis used to determine present and future values of investments or expenses.

A chemical element, of atomic number 14, that is semi-metallic, and an excellent semiconductor material used in solar photovoltaic devices; commonly found in sand.

In the US, a closed end fund with a limited life and two main classes of shares. Holders of.

Thin sheets of copper applied to the hull of a wooden ship below the waterline to prevent the toredo worm eating the planks, and also to limit the growth of weed, barnacles or other marine life.

Loan issued against some security