In connection with highway use, the greatest number of cars per hour which can pass a given point under ideal driving conditions will give the basic capacity of a lane or road.

Crops usually subject to government price supports and considered the basis of our agricultural economy, such as wheat, corn, oats, rice, and similar crops.

The purchase price of a property, including all expenses related to the purchase.

The value of property for purposes of depreciation. For example: A purchased asset The basis is cost, whether fully paid for or not. The method for determining the basis is different for gift, inheritance, etc.

A finance term meaning a yield of 1/100th of 1%.

A room containing a toilet, sink, and bathtub or bathtub-shower combination. In appraisal for federally insured mortgages, a toilet and sink (no bathtub or shower) equal a half bathroom; a toilet, sink and stall shower equal a three quarter bathroom.

A strip of insulation fitting closely between the studs of a wall.

A narrow strip (usually of wood), used to cover seams between siding boards.

The slope of a structure, such as a wall or bank; expressed in terms of the vertical rise per horizontal distance, such as 3 inches (vertical) per 10 feet (horizontal).

The land between a river bank and the water’s edge when the water level is lower than normal.

(1919-1933) A school of design (most noted for its architecture) founded by Walter Gropius in Germany.

(1) The opening between two columns, walls, etc., which forms a room-like space. May be industrial space, parking space, barn space, or other use. (2) A bending or curving of the shoreline so as to form a partially enclosed body of water.

A window which projects in a curve out from a wall, giving a bay- like effect to the interior.

That portion of the shore between ordinary low and high water marks. Commonly used to describe any sandy area adjacent to a body of water.

A vertical or horizontal member of a structure; may be of wood, steel, concrete, or other strong material, and, unless decorative only, is a load-bearing part of the structure.

A ceiling having one or more of its beams exposed. See: Beam.

One holding commercial paper.

Checks, notes, drafts, bonds, etc., payable to whomever has possession of the instruments: i.e. the bearer.

(1) Relative position or direction of one object to another or to a compass point. (2) Supporting a load, such as a bearing wall.

In construction, the ability of soil to bear the weight of the structure to be built.

A wall which supports the weight of a part of a structure in addition to its own weight.