Annular nail - A Pallet nail with annular (circular ring) threads rolled onto the shank.

Bin - Four-sided superstructure to be mounted on a pallet base, with or without a cover; also known as a box or container bin pallet.
Block - Rectangular, square or cylindrical deck spacer, often identified by its location within the pallet as corner block, end block, edge block, inner block, center or middle block.
Block Pallet - A type of pallet with blocks between the pallet decks or beneath the top deck.
Butted Deck Board - An inner deck board placed tightly against an adjacent lead deck board during pallet assembly.
Bottom deck - Assembly of deck boards comprising the lower, load bearing surface of the pallet.

CAD - Computer aided design software
Captive Pallet - A pallet intended for use within the confines of a single facility, system or ownership; not intended to be exchanged.
Chamfered Deck Boards - Deck boards with edges of one or two beveled faces either along the full or specified length of board or between the stringers or blocks, allowing easier entry of pallet jack wheels.
Closed Distribution System - A shipping system restricted to moving goods between specified plants and facilities.
Collar - A collapsible wooden container or bin which transforms a pallet into a box.
Cost Pass Through - A cost sharing system where partial costs of a pallet are passed through from the purchaser to the buyer of the pallet.
Cost-Per-Trip - The average cost of pallet use for a single one-way trip.

Deck - One or more boards or panels comprising the top or bottom surface of the pallet.
Deck Mat - The assembly of deck boards and stringer boards, which form the deck of block pallets.
Deck Board - The Element or component of a pallet deck, oriented perpendicular to the stringer or stringer board.
Deck Board Spacing - The distance between adjacent duckboards.
Deck Board Span - The distance between deck boards that supports (stringers, stringer boards or blocks).
Deflection - The amount of deformation or bending in a pallet or pallet component under load.
Double-Face Pallet - A pallet with both top and bottom deck boards that extend beyond the edge of the stringer and stringer board.
Drive Screw Nail -A helically (continuous spiral) threaded pallet nail.

Economic Life - The output from a program which identifies the number of trips the pallet will make provided it is properly repaired, which maximizes a return on the investment.
Exchange Pallet - A pallet intended for use among a designated group of shippers and receivers where ownership of the pallet is transferable with the ownership of the unit load; common pool pallet.
Expendable Pallet - A pallet intended for a series of handlings during a single trip from shipper to receiver; it is then disposed; see shipping pallet.

Fastener - A mechanical devise for joining pallet components such as nails, staples, bolts or screws.
Fastener Shear Index - The relative measurement shear resistance of a pallet fastener.
Flush Pallet - a pallet with deck boards flush with the stringers, stringer-boards or blocks along the sides of the pallet.
Fork Entry - The openings between deck boards beneath the top deck or beneath the stringer notch to admit forks.
Four-Way Block Pallet - a pallet with openings at both pallet ends and along pallet sides sufficient to admit hand-pallet jacks; full four-way entry pallet.
Free span - the distance between supports in a warehouse rack.

Hand (wheel) Jack Opening - The space provided in the bottom deck to allow pallet jack wheels to bear on the floor.
Handling - A single pick-up, movement and set-down of a loaded or empty pallet.
Hardened Steel Nail - A heat treated and tempered steel pallet nail with a MIBANT angle between 8 and 28 degrees.
Hardwood - A wood from broad-leaved species of trees (not necessarily hard or dense).
Helical Nail - A helically (continuous spiral) threaded pallet nail, see also drive screw nail.

Inner Deck Board - Any deck board located between the end deck boards.

Joint - The intersection and connection of components, often identified by location within the pallet as the end joint, center joint and corner joint.