A record or estimation of carbon in an area or system, and the flux into and out of this system.

A permit that allows a country or organization to produce a certain amount of carbon emissions and that can be traded if the full allowance is not used.

The series of processes by which carbon compounds are interconverted in the environment , chiefly involving the incorporation of carbon dioxide into living tissue by photosynthesis and its return to […]

A colorless, odorless gas produced by burning carbon and organic compounds and by respiration. It is naturally present in air (about 0.03 percent) and is absorbed by plants in photosynthesis […]

The universal unit of measurement used to indicate the global warming potential (GWP) of each of the 6 greenhouse gases. It is used to evaluate the impacts of releasing (or […]

This is computed by multiplying the equivalent of a gas content carbon element and the carbon dioxide.

A colorless, odorless toxic flammable gas formed by incomplete combustion of carbon.

A reduction in emissions of carbon or greenhouse gases made in in order to compensate for or to offset an emission made elsewhere.

An underground oil or gas trap formed in reefs, clastic limestones, chemical limestones, or dolomite.

Disposal of storage of carbon compound that is controlled and maintained to prevent release into the environment .

Steel in which the main alloying element is carbon, and whose properties are chiefly dependent on the percentage of carbon present. Steel whose characteristics are determined by the amount of […]

A colorless nonflammable liquid used as a solvent for fats and oils; because of its toxicity its use as a cleaning fluid or fire extinguisher has declined or a colorless […]

A trading system for countries, companies and individuals designed to offset carbon emissions from one activity with another, whereby those who cannot meet their emissions goals may purchase credits from […]

In French law . An instrument of punishment, somewhat resembling a pillory. It sometimes signifies the punishment itself. Biret, Vocab.

A gaol; a prison.

In old English law . To load ; to load a vessel; to freight.

Loaded; freighted, as a ship.

Gaol-dues; prison-fees.

A prison or gaol. Strictly, a place of detention and safe-keeping, and not of punishment. Co. Litt. 620.

Any substance, radionuclide or radiation, that is an agent directly involved in causing cancer. This may be due to the ability to damage the genome or to the disruption of […]

A playing card is a piece of specially prepared heavy paper, thin cardboard, or thin plastic, figured with distinguishing motifs and used as one of a set for playing card […]

A card not present transaction (CNP) is a credit card purchase made over the telephone or over the Internet where the physical card has not been swiped into a reader. […]

A transaction evidenced by the action of swiping a card through a terminal or by an imprinted and signed credit card draft.

A paper listing of lost, stolen, past-due, over-limit, counterfeit or otherwise problem cards published by credit card companies, like Visa or MasterCard. Merchants will review the list to discover if […]

(of a character in a literary work ) Lacking depth and realism; artificial.