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Arbor: A shaft or spindle for holding cutting tools: most usually on a milling machine.

Safe Harbor: Often used in risk arbitrage as a form of shark repellent. A target company acquires a business so onerously regulated that it makes the target less attractive, giving it, in effect, a safe harbor.

Arbor Day: The Latin word arbor means tree. J. Stanley Morton, in the 19th century in Nebraska came up with the idea of planting trees as a way to celebrate spring growth in his nearly treeless state. . . . View Full Definition

Harbor Pilot: See 'pilot.'

Safe Harbor Lease: A lease to transfer tax benefits of ownership (depreciation and debt tax shield) from the lessee, if the lessee could not use them, to a lessor that could use them.

Safe Harbor Regulations: Guidelines regulated by the Department of Labor, which, when fully complied with, may reduce or limit the liability of a plan fiduciary.

Arbor Press: A hand-operated machine tool designed for applying high pressure for the purpose of pressing together or removing parts.

National Water Level Observation Network (NWLON): The network of tide and water level stations operated by the National Ocean Service along the marine and Great Lakes coasts and islands of the United States. The NWLON is composed of the pri . . . View Full Definition

Lower Low Water Datum (LLWD): An approximation of mean lower low water that has been adopted as a standard reference for a limited area and is retained for an indefinite period regardless of the fact that it may differ s . . . View Full Definition

Disease Vectors: Plants or animals that harbor and carry disease organisms which may attack crops or livestock.