Statistical Terms Glossary

A port of gmmoditeis received on land by trucks and trains storage in warehouse.

Waterway built primarily for navigation.

A stretch of water, not part of the sea, which by natural or built features is suitable for navigation, primarily by inland waterway vessels of a carrying capacity of not less than 50 tonnes. This term covers navigable rivers, lakes, canals and estuaries.

All navigable inland waterways open for public navigation in a given area.

Waterways over which an amount of transport is performed each year; this amount, expressed as tonne-kilometres per kilometre of waterway, is determined by the authority concerned in the light of conditions prevailing on that country’s waterway network.

Natural expanse of water open for navigation.

Natural waterway open for navigation, irrespective of whether it has been improved for that purpose.

See Net domestic product (NDP)

Instrument that can be converted to cash in a very short time.

Assets which have properties resembling those of money in the strict sense. Includes savings deposits, time deposits, certificates of deposits, deposits in thrift institutions, etc.

Financial institution, excluding standard commercial bank, such as savings bank, credit union, etc.

Assigns an item value for a failed edit record from a
“nearest” passed edit record where “nearest” is defined using a distance function
in terms of other known variables

Similar to the Fellegi-Holt method in that it considers all edits concurrently, does not explicitly specify imputation actions and imputes from a single donor. NIM looks at each failed edit record
to identify minimum-change imputation actions conditional on the potential donors available.

Installment loan having the annuity principal as a basis for computation, whose fixed periodic payments increase from time to time, e.g. annually, bi-annually. Initial installments typically are insufficient to meet the interest accruing on the loan principal and unpaid balances of interest are added to the principal outstanding. As the periodic installments increase in value they become sufficient to meet the interest due and commence reducing the principal outstanding.

Refers to situations when the effect of production or consumption of goods and services imposes costs or benefits on others which are not reflected in the prices charged for the goods and services being provided.

Clause in loan agreement obligating the borrower not to grant security without equally securing the loan in question.

See waiver of negative pledge.

Borrowing short-term and lending long-term (in comparison with transformation which is the opposite).

The refusal or failure to fulfill a caregiving obligation. This may be through intentional attempt to inflict physical or emotional distress on the other person.

NUS are those (species) that have received little attention or have been entirely ignored by agricultural researchers, plant breeders and policymakers.

Instrument where the title passes on delivery or delivery and endorsement, where the current holder can sue in his own name, where no notice of assignment need be given to the person liable on the instrument, and where a holder in due course takes, free from any defect, in the title of his predecessors. Examples include bills of exchange, checks and promissory notes.

Interest-bearing checking account.

A deposit evidenced by a negotiable instrument, which provides on its face that the amount of the deposit is payable to the bearer or to his order on a certain date, after a certain specified time, upon notice in writing or upon presentation and surrender of the instrument, not less than thirty days after the date of the deposit.

The process of communication and bargaining between parties seeking to arrive at a mutually acceptable outcome on issues of shared concern. The process typically involves compromise and concessions and is designed to result in an agreement, although sometimes a party participates in negotiations for other reasons (to score propaganda points or to appease domestic political forces, for example). Pre-negotiation refers to preliminary talks to agree on such issues as the format, procedures, time frame, who will participate, and sometimes the scope of the formal talks. Endgame refers to the final stages of a negotiation, when substantive progress has been made but important details remain to be ironed out and the agreement hammered into final form.