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Block Banking: Banking a large amount of timeshare weeks with an exchange company as soon as possible.

Fire Block: Short horizontal members sometimes nailed between studs, usually about halfway up a wall. See also 'Fire stop'.

Fault-Block Mountain: A mountain or range formed as a horst when it was elevated between parallel normal faults.

Foreign Banking Market: Process by which the holder of a mortgage seizes the property of a homeowner who has not made interest and/or principal payments on time as stipulated in the mortgage contract.

F PCS Block: The final PCS license that was auctioned by the FCC in January 1997. Each contains 10 MHz of spectrum in the 1900 MHz band and is based on BTA geographic partitions. The licenses were reserv . . . View Full Definition

International Banking Facility (IBF): A branch that an American bank establishes in the United States to do Eurocurrency business.

Lot-And-Block (Recorded Plat) System: A method of describing real property that identifies a parcel of land by reference to lot and block numbers within a subdivision, as specified on a recorded subdivision plat.

Logical Block Addressing (LBA): In a system using an enhanced BIOS and Operating System that supports the use of LBA, it would then be possible for the computer to use a larger hard drive. LBA allows for use of a unique se . . . View Full Definition

Johannson Blocks (Jo Blocks): Common term for the precision gage blocks used and accepted as dimensional standards by machinists, toolmakers and inspectors.

Dual Banking: See days sales outstanding.