When brands compete for a retailers shelf space as well as market. The most promoted item is the leader.

In Louisiana. A marine term used to denote a bottom of sand, stone, or rock mixed together and rising towards the surface of the water; an elevation of the bed […]

An old way digital speed was measured. The new way is bits per second. It was named after J M E Baudot.

The denisty scale on hydrometer. It is applied to heavier and lighter than water solutions. It was named after Antione Bauma who invented the scale in 1800.

A large fish, called by Black- stone a “whale.” Of this the king had the head and the queen the tail as a perquisite whenever one was taken on the […]

A pond-head made of a great height to keep in water for the supply of a mill, etc., so that the wheel of the mill may be turned by the […]

A way to predict when an event will occur based on another event happening or not happening. It was named after Thomas Bayes a probability researcher.

When new evidence is used to revise the predictions of the Bayes theorem.

When old estimates are changed based on new information . Refer to Bayes Theorem.

When statistics are changed based on new information . Refer to Bayes theorem.

In old English law . Bailiff. This term is used in the laws of the colony of New Plymouth, Mass., A. D. 1670, 1671. Bur- rill.

A species of creek or stream common in Louisiana and Texas. An outlet from a swamp, pond, or lagoon, to a river, or the sea. See Surgett v. Lapice, 8 […]

This term, in its ordinary signification , when applied to a place on tide waters, means the space between ordinary aigh and low water mark, or the space over which […]

A light-house , or sea-mark, formerly used to alarm the country, in case of the approach of an enemy, but now used for the guidance of ships at sea, by […]

The number Equifax rates your credit. Its used to decide how much a loan can be and the abilty to repay. AKA pinacle score.

Money paid for the maintenance of a beacon or signal-light.

In English ecclesiastical law . An inferior parish officer, who is chosen by the vestry, and whose business is to attend the vestry, to give notice of its meetings, to […]

A structural member that crosses supports and carries load vertically. The three types are simple, continuous, and cantilever.

Instruments for weighing goods and merchandise .

To support, sustain, or carry; to give rise to”, or to produce, something else as an incident or auxiliary.

To carry arms as weapons and with reference to their military use, not to wear them about the person as part of the dress. Aymette v. State, 2 Humph. (Tenn.) […]

A TAKEOVER bid received by a target company that DIRECTORS urge shareholders to accept due to its attractive price. Though directors might prefer to reject the bid, the price makes […]

To generate interest, so that the instrument or loan spoken of shall produce or yield interest at the rate specified by the parties or granted by law. Slaughter v. Slaughter, […]

A market state that is characterized by declining prices and low volumes over an extended period of time, often resulting from weakened economic conditions (i.e., slow growth or contraction , […]

When traders drive down prices of a security. Its illegal. Refer to prearranged trading .