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Affiliate company

A Company that is less than 50% owned by a parent company; the parents acts as minority shareholders. More loosely, this term is sometimes used to refer to companies that are related to each other in some way. In recent…

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Affreightment

A contract between a shipper and a carrier, setting forth their respective transportation obligations. Its is a synonym for charter.

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Afloat

Refers to a shipment of cargo that is currently onboard a vessel between ports, as opposed to on land.

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After date

In banking, a notation used on financial instruments (such as drafts or bill of exchange) to fix the maturity date as fixed number of days past the date if drawing of the draft. For example, if a draft stipulates “30…

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