PFD
Water safety abbreviation
PFD stands for personal flotation device, the technical and regulatory term for what most people call a life jacket or life vest.
The abbreviation appears frequently in boating safety regulations, Coast Guard requirements, and outdoor recreation contexts.
Make sure everyone has a PFD before we launch the kayaks.
In financial contexts, PFD can also refer to Alaska's Permanent Fund Dividend, the annual payment distributed to state residents from oil revenues.
Buoyant vest for water
- buoyancyFluid's upward resistance
- flotationAbility to stay afloat
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
- rescueSave from harm
drowning · boating · kayaking · rafting · canoeing · sailing · watersports · maritime
Tubes for fluid transport
- instrumentationDesign of measuring devices
- schematicSimplified technical diagram
- simulationImitation of real processes
- equipmentTools for a task
Major graphics software maker
- fileStored collection of data
- ebookDownloadable text file
- readerOne who peruses text
- downloadRemote-to-local data transfer
upload · digital · printable · paperless · view · edit · convert · scan
Collected works or assets
- diversificationExpanding into varied areas
- assetsOwned items of value
- stocksOwnership stakes or inventory
- bondsTies that unite
securities · investment · capital · equity · returns · annuities · fiduciary
lifejacket
Buoyant vest for water
- buoyancyFluid's upward resistance
- flotationAbility to stay afloat
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
rescue · drowning · boating · kayaking · rafting · canoeing · sailing · watersports · maritime · coastguard
piping
Tubes for fluid transport
- instrumentationDesign of measuring devices
- schematicSimplified technical diagram
- simulationImitation of real processes
equipment · reactor · distillation · valve · pump · vessel · flowsheet
Adobe
Major graphics software maker
download · upload · digital · printable · paperless · view · edit · convert · scan · attachment
portfolio
Collected works or assets
- diversificationExpanding into varied areas
- assetsOwned items of value
- stocksOwnership stakes or inventory
bonds · securities · investment · capital · equity · returns · annuities · fiduciary
- AlaskaFairbanks, Juneau, Denali, Sitka, Kodiak
- lifeguardinglifeguard, lifeguard stand, rescue tube, rescue buoy, CPR
- rescue equipmentlife jacket, life vest, life buoy, life preserver, life net
- flotation deviceslife jacket, life vest, life preserver, personal flotation device, buoy
- nautical wearsailor suit, sailor hat, sailor cap, sailor collar, sailor pants
- paddlesportskayak, canoe, raft, paddle, kayaking
PFDweight belt
Worn counterbuoyancy device
dive weights · anchor · ballast · lead weights · cement shoes