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Mining

Of or pertaining to the process or business of extracting materials, such as ore or minerals, from the earth's crust.

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unconfirmed letter of credit

Financial services; General Finance

A letter of credit which has not been guaranteed or confirmed by any bank other than the bank that opened it. The advising bank merely informs the beneficiary of the letter of ...

U.S. Treasury securities

Financial services; General Finance

Interest-bearing obligations if the U.S. government issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury as a means of borrowing money to meet government expenditures not covered by tax ...

minuteman

Sports;

in a time trial, the rider who is one place in front of you in the starting order. So called because in most TTs riders start on one-minute intervals.

backlit material

Advertising; Billboard advertising

For use with backlit displays and backlit Mobile Billboard Trucks

fairway markers

Sports; Golf

these indicate the distance from the marker to the center of the green in golf

banana-ball

Sports; Golf

in golf, an extreme slice that curves to the right in the shape of a banana

attacking team

Sports; Soccer

the team that has possession of the ball.

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