1

1
2
3
4
5
6

A. & C.P.
a. a.
a.a.r.
A.C.
A.F.
A.H.

Anchors and chains proved.

Always afloat.
Against all risks.
Account current.
Advanced Freight.
Anno Hegirae. (Epoch of Mohammedan calendar).

7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36

a.h.
a.m.
A.M.C.
A.R.
A.T.
A.V.
a/c
A/d
A/or
A/P.
A/S
abt.
Acc.
Ad. val.
Add.
Agt.
Av.
B & D.l.
B.
b.
B.A.
B.B.
B.C.
B.C.
B.C.
B.D.S.T.
B.P.B.
B.S.
B.S.
b.t.

After hatch.
Ante meridiem.
Armed 'Merchant Cruiser.
All risks.
American Terms (grain).
Ad valorem.
Account, Altered course.
After date.
And or.
Additional premium.
After sight. Alongside.
About
Accepted, acceptance.
Ad valorem.
Addressed.
Agent. Against.
Average.
Births and Deaths, Form 1.
Bale. Bag.
Blue sky.
Buenos Aires.
Bill Book, Below bridges.
British Corporation. Bristol Channel.
Buyers' Option.
Branch Office.
British Double Summer Time
Bank Post Bill.
British Survey. Balance Sheet
Balance Sheet.
Berth Terms.

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38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49

B.T.U.
B/L
B/S
B/s
B/St.
Brl.
Bs/L.
C.& D.
c.& f.
c.& i.
c.a.
C.B. & H.
C.C.

Board of Trade Unit.

Bill of Lading.
Bill of Sate. Bill of Store.
Bags. Bales
Bill of Sight.
Barrel.
Bills of Lading.
Collected and delivered.
Cost and freight.
Cost and insurance.
Current account.
Continent, Bordeaux to Hamburg.
Civil commotions. Continuation. Clause.

50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60

c.f.
C.F.
c.f.i.
C.f.o.
C.G.A
C.H. & H.
C.I.
C.I.E.
c.i.f.
c.i.f.& e.
c.I.f.c.i.

Carried forward. Cubic feet.

Copper fastened.
Cost, freight and insurance.
Coast for orders. Channel for orders.
Cargo's proportion of General Average.
Continent between Havre and Hamburg.
Consular Invoice.
Captain's imperfect entry.
Cost, insurance and freight.
Cost insurance freight and exchange.
Cost, insurance freight, commission and interest.

61

c.i.f.L.t.

Cost, insurance and freight, London terms..

62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70

C.O.D.
C.P.D.
C.R.
C.S.
C.T.
C.T.C.
c.t.l.o.
C.W.
C/-

Cash on delivery,
Charterers pay dues.
Current rate. Carriers' risk.
Cotton seed. Colliery screened (coal).
Califomian terms (grain trade)
Corn Trade Clauses.
Constructive total loss only.
Commerical weight.
Case.

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C/D.

Commercial dock. Consular declaration.

72
73
74
75

c/l.
C/N.
C/N.
C/O

Craft loss.
Cover not. Credit note.
Consignment note.
Case oil. Certificate of Origin. Cash order.

76

C/P

Charter Party. Custom of Port (Grain trade).

77
78
79

ck.
Cld.
Cont (A H )

Cask.
Cleared.
Continent of Europe. Antwerp-Hamburg range

80

Cont. (B.H.)

Continent of Europe, Bordeaux-Hamburg range

81

Cont. (H.H.)

Continent of Europe, Havre-Hamburg range.

82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96

Corn.
d.
D.B.
D.B.
D.B.
D.B.B.
D.B.S.
D.B.S.T.
D.D.
d.f.
d.l.o.
D.O.T.
D.T.
D.W., d.w.
D/A

97
98
99
100
101

D/A
D/C
D/D
D/D
D/D

Continent of Europe.
Drizzling rain.
Double bottom/s/ed.
Deals and battens.
Donkey boiler.
Deals, battens and boards.
Distressed British seaman.
Double British Summer Time
Damage done.
Dead freight.
Dispatch loading only.
Department of Overseas Trade
Deep tank.
Deadweight. Dock warrant.
Discharge afloat. Days after acceptance. Documents
against acceptance.
Deposit account.
Deviation Clause.
Demand draft
Days after date.
Delivered at docks.

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103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133

D/N
D/O
D/P
D/R
D/S
Dbk.
dd.
dd/s
dwc.
E. & O. E.
e. ??
E.C.C.P.
E.C.G.B.
E.C.I.
E.C.U.K.
E.D.
E.E.
e.g.
e.o.h.p.
E.T.
Eq.T.
est.
Ex.
Ex.
Exd.
f,a.
f.
F.& D.
f.a.a.
f.a.q.
f.a.s.
f.a.s.

Debit note.
Delivery Order.
Documents against payment.
Deposit receipt
Days after sight.
Drawback.
Delivered.
Delivered sound (grain).
Deadweight capacity.
Errors and omissions excepted.
Detached clouds.
East coast (Great Britain) coal port
East coast of Great Britain.
East coast of Ireland.
East coast of United kingdom
Existence doubtful (chart).
Errors excepted.
Ejusdem generis (of the same kind)
Except otherwise herein provided
Estimated Time.
Equation of Time.
Estimated.
Excluding. Out of.
Without. Examined.
Exchange. Executed. Examined.
Free alongside.
Fog.
Freight and demurrage.
Free of all average.
Fair average quantity
Free alongside ship.
Firsts and seconds (American lumber trade).

134
135
136

F.B.I.
f.c. A s.
f.c.s.r.c.c.

Federation of British Industries

Free of Capture and seizure.
Free of capture, seizure, riots and civil commotions.

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f.d.

Free discharge. Free delivery. Free dispatch.

138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150

f.d.
f.f.a.
f.f.a.
F.G.A.
f.h.
f.i.a.
f.i.b.
f.i.o.
f.i.t.
f.i.w.
F.L.N.
f.o.
f.o.

Free docks.
Free from alongside.
Free foreign agency.
Foreign General Average.
Fore hatch.
Full interest admitted
Free into barge. Free
Free in and out.
Free of income tax.
Free into wagon.
Follow landing numbers.
For orders.
For orders. Full out terms (grain). Firm offer.

151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171

f.o.
f.o.b.
f.o.c.
f.o.d.
f.o.q.
f.o.r.
f.o.r.t.
f.o.s.
f.o.t.
f.o.w.
f.o.w.
F.P.A.
F.P.T.
f.r. & c.c.
f.r.o.
f.t.
F.T.W.
f.w.d.
F.X.
F/R
Fit.

For orders. Full out terms (grain).

Free on board.
Free of charge. Free on car.
Free of damage.
Free on quay.
Free on rail.
Full out rye terms.
Free on steamer.
Free on truck.
First open water.
Free on wagon.
Free of Particular Average.
Fore peak tank.
Free of Riots and civil commotions.
Fire risk on freight.
Full Terms.
Free Trade Wharf.
Fresh water damage.
Forecastle.
Freight release.
Freight.

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173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199

fwd.
G.C.T.
G.F.
g.f.a.
G.I., g.i.
G.M.A.T.
g.m.b.
g.m.q.
g.o.b.
g.s.m.
G.V.
G/A
G/A con.
G/A dep.
gr.
guar.
H.A. or D.
H.C.
H.H.
H.L., h.l.
H.M.S.
H.P.
H.P.
H.P.
H.P.N.
H.T.
H.W.
H.W.F. & C.

Forward.
Greenwich Civil Time.
Government Form (charter).
Good fair average.
Galvanised iron.
Greenwich Mean Astronomical Time.
Good merchantable brand.
Good merchantable quality.
Good ordinary brand.
Good sound and merchantable.
Grand Vitesse (express train).
General Average.
General Average contribution.
General Average deposit.
Grain. Gross.
Guaranteed
Havre, Antwerp or Dunkirk.
Held covered.
Havre to Hamburg range.
Hawser-laid.
Her Majesty's ship.
Horse Power.
High Pressure.
Horizontal Parallax.
Horse Power, nominal.
Home trade. Half-time survey
High Water.
High Water at Full and Change of Moon.

200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207

H.W.M.
H.W.O.S.T.
hhd.
I.B.
I.C.& C.
I.H.P.
I.R.
i.v.

High water mark.

High water ordinary spring tides
Hogshead.
In bond. Invoice Book.
Invoice cost and charges.
Indicated Hone Power.
Inland Revenue.
Invoice value. Increased value

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209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221

Idg.
Ids.
Ince
j.& w.o.
J/A
K.D.
K.I.D.
l.
L.A.T.
L.C.
L.C.
L.C.T.A.
L.H.A.R.
L.L.T. L.M.C.

222
223
224

l.m.c.
L.Q.T.
L.R.M.C.

Low middling clause (cotton)

Liverpool Quay Terms.
Lloyd's Refrigerating Machinery Certificate

225

L.S.

Lump sum. Locus sigilli = Place of the seal

226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241

L.V.
L.W.
L.W.O.S.T.
L/A.
L/A.
L/A.
L/C
Lat., lat.
Ldg. ft Dely.
LI. ft Cos.
Lkg. ft bkg.
M.B.
M.C.
M.C.
M.C.I.
M.D.

Loading,
Loads.
Insurance.
Jettison and washing overboard
Joint account.
Knocked down.
Key industry duty.
Lightning.
Linseed Association Terms
London clause.
Label clause.
London Corn Trade Association.
London, Hull, Rotterdam or Antwerp.
London Landed terms. Lloyd's Machinery Certificate.

Lightvessel.
Low water.
Low water ordinary spring tides.
Lloyd's Agent.
Landing Account.
Letter of Authority.
Letter of Credit.
Latitude.
Loading and Delivery.
Lloyd's ft Companies.
Leakage and breakage.
Motor boat.
Machinery Certificate.
Metalling Clause.
Malleable cast iron.
Memorandum of deposit.

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242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
258

M.D.H.B.
M.H., m.h.
M.H.H.W.
M.H.W.I.
M.H.W.N.
M.H.W.S.
M.L.
M.L.L.W.
M.L.W.I.
M.M.
m.m.
M.M.A.
M.N.
M.N.R.
M.O.T.
M.R.
M.S.

259
260
261
262
263
264
265
266
267
268
269
270
271
272
273
274
275
276
277

M.S.
M.S.A.
M.S.L.
M.S.R.
M.T.
M.T.B.
M.T.L.
M.V.
M/d.
n.a.a.
N.C.V.
n.e.
n.e.p./s.
N.H.P.
n.o.p.
N.P.L.
n.r.
n.r.a.d
n.s.p.f.

Mersey Docks & Harbour Board.

Main hatch.
Mean higher high water
Mean High Water interval
Mean High Water Neaps.
Mean High Water Springs.
Mean Level. Motor launch.
Mean lower low water
Mean low water interval.
Mercantile Marine.
Made merchantable.
Merchandise Marks Act.
Merchant Navy.
Mean neap rise.
Ministry of Transport.
Mate's receipt.
Motor ship. Machinery survey. Merchant shipping.
Months after sight.
Merchant Shipping Act.
Mean Sea Level.
Mean spring rise (tide).
Mean Time. Empty.
Motor torpedo boat.
Mean tide level.
Motor vessel.
Months after date.
Not always afloat.
No commercial value.
not excluding.
Not elsewhere provided/ stated.
Nominal Horse Power.
Not otherwise provided.
National Physical Laboratory.
No risk. Nett register (tonnage)
No risk after discharge.
Not specially provided for.

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279
280
281
282
283
284
285
286
287
288
289
290
291
292
293
294
295
296
297
298
299
300
301
302
303
304
305
306
307
308
309
310
311
312
313
314

N/a.
N/C
N/f
N/m.
n/s
N/t
nom. std.
o.a.
O.P.
O.R.
O/C
O/C
O/c
O/d
O/o
O/t
P.& I.
P.& L.
P.A.
P.A.
P.D.
P.N. P/N
P.O.D.
P.P.
P.P.
p.p.
P.P.I., p.p.i.
p.t.
P.V.
P/C
P/C
P/L
Pkg-e
pm.
ppt.
Ptg. Std.
R. & C.C.

No advice. No account.
New charter.
No funds.
No mark/s.
Not Sufficient.
New terms.
Nominal standard.
Over all.
Open Policy.
Owner's risk
Open Charter. Old charter.
Open cover. Old crop.
Overcharge.
On demand.
Order of.
Old terms. On truck.
Protection and indemnity.
Profit and loss.
Particular Average.
Power of Attorney.
Forced Draught.
Promissory Note.
Pay on Delivery.
Estimated position.
Floating policy.
Picked ports. Per pro (on behalf of).
Policy proof of interest.
Private terms.
Petite vitesse (Slow train)
Petty Cash. Price current.
Per cent.
Partial loss.
Package.
Premium.
Prompt (loading).
Petrograd standard (timber).
Riots and civil commotions.

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316
317
318
319
320
321
322
323
324
325
326
327
328
329
330
331
332
333
334
335

R.A.T.
R.C.C. & S.
r.d.
R.D.C.
R.I.
r.o.b.
R.P.
R.S.
R.T.
R/p.
Rotn. No.
s.
S. & F.A.
S. & H. exct.
S. to S.
S./N.
s.a.n.r.
S.C.
S.D.
S.d.
S.G.

336
337
338
339
340
341
342
343
344
345
346
347
348
349
350

S.H.P.
s.l.
S.L. & C.
S.O.
S.O.L.
s.p.d.
S.R.& C.C.
S.S., s.s.
S.V.
S.W.L.
s/a.
S/L.C.
Sk.
Std.
Str.

Rapeseed Association terms

Riots, civil commotions and strikes.
Running days.
Running Down Clause.
Re-insurance.
remaining on board.
Return Premium.
Revised Statues U.S.A.
Rye terms.
Return of post for orders.
Rotation Number.
Snow
Shipping and For-warding Agents.
Sundays and holidays excepted.
Station to station.
Shipping Note.
Subject to approval no risk
Salvaged Charges.
Sea Damaged.
Short delivery.
Salutis gratia = Given for Safety. (Lloyd's policy).
Shaft horse power.
Salvage loss.
Shippers load and count.
Seller's option.
Shipowner's liability.
Steamer pays dues.
Strikes, nots and civil commotions.
Steamship.
Sailing vessel.
Safe working load.
Safe arrival.
Sue and Labour Clause.
Sack.
Standard (of timber).
Steamer.

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352
353
354
355
356
357
358
359
360
361
362
363
364
365
366
367
368
369
370
371
372
373
374
375
376
377
378

T.& G.
T.G.B.
T.L.O.
T.Q.
T.R.
T/c.
T/L
u.
U.D.
U.K.f.o.
V.C.
v.o.p.
W. & E.I.
W.&.
W.A.
w.b.s.
w.g.
w.o.b.
w.o.l.
W.P.A.
w.r.o.
W.W.D.
w/d.
W/M.
w/p
w/p
W/W
Y.A.R.

Tongued and grooved.

Tongued, grooved and beaded.
Total loss only.(immersion).
Tale quale = Having such a quantity.
Tons registered.
Until countermanded.
Total loss.
Ugly and threatening weather
Upper Deck.
United Kingdom for orders.
Valuation Clause.
Valuation as in original policy.
Wages and Effects Form I.
Way Bill.
With Average.
Without benefit of salvage.
Weight guaranteed.
Washed overboard.
Wharf owners' liability.
With Particular Average.
War risk only.
Weather working days.
Warranted.
Weight and/or measurement.
Without prejudice.
Weather permitting.
Warehouse warrant.
York-Antwerp Rules, 1924

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