LETTER OF CREDIT. An open letter authorizing the bearer to receive money on the credit of the writer. LICENSE. A legal permit to carry on a certain business. LIEN. A legal claim on property, which must be settled before property can be sold. LIGHTER. A flat-bottom boat used in loading and unloading vessels at anchor. LIGHTERAGE. Charges for use of lighter. MANIFEST. A list of articles comprising Ship Cargo. MARGIN. Difference between buying and selling price. MARINE. Pertaining to the sea. MATURITY. The date when a commercial paper becomes due. MERCANTILE AGENCY. A company that collects for the use of its patrons information as to the standing of all business men in the country. MERCANTILE LAW. Law pertaining to business. MORTGAGEE. The person in whose favor a mortgage is made. MORTGAGOR. The person who gives a mortgage. NEGOTIABLE. That which is transferable by delivery, assignment or indorsement. NET. Clear of all charges. NET PROCEEDS. The remainder after deducting charges from sales. NET WEIGHT. Weight after deducting all allowances. NOMINAL. Existing in name only. NOTARY PUBLIC. An officer authorized to administer oaths and take acknowledgments. OPEN ACCOUNT. An account unsettled. OUTLAWED. A debt which has run beyond the time when the law will enforce payment. PAR VALUE. The expressed value of any commercial paper. PAROL. Verbal, not written or sealed. PAWN BROKER. One licensed to loan money on personal property. PAYEE. The person to whom money is to be paid. PAYER. The person who promises to pay. PLANT. The entire establishment necessary to carry on a manufacturing business. POST DATE. To date after real time of writing. POWER OF ATTORNEY. A written authority from a principal to another, authorizing him to act in his stead. PRICE CURRENT. A list of articles with market values. PRIMAGE. A percentage allowed to the master of a vessel on the amount of cargo carried. PRIMA FACIE. On the first look or view. PRO RATA. A proportional distribution. Latin. PROTECTING A DRAFT. Accepting a draft to prevent its being protested. PROTEST. A formal declaration by a notary that a note was not paid at maturity, or that any other monetary obligation was not met when due. RECEIVER. A person appointed by the Court to take charge of a firm or corporation on its dissolution, and to distribute its property according to law. RESCIND. To revoke, countermand or annul. RESOURCES. Every form of convertible asset. REVOCATION. The recall authority conferred on another. SALVAGE. The allowance made by law to persons who voluntarily assist in saving a ship or her cargo from destruction. SHIPPING CLERK. One who attends to shipping goods. SILENT PARTNER. One who shares in the profits of a firm, though his name does not appear, nor does he take an active part in its affairs. SINKING FUND. A sum of money set apart for the liquidation of debts. STOCK. Capital invested in trade. Goods on hand. CAPITAL STOCK.