Statistical Terms Glossary

The transfer by a corporation of a portion of its assets to a newly formed corporation in exchange for the latter's capital stock, which is thereupon distributed as a dividend to the stockholders of the first corporation.

The outcomes of activities that influence those that are not directly involved.

A currency which constitutes less than 2.5% of a fixed currency loan's remaining outstanding balance.

Split-off involves one enterprise before and more than one enterprise after the event. In a split-off, the new enterprise(s) is (are) generally much smaller and the identity of the original enterprise is retained by the larger enterprise. There is no death, but one or more new enterprises are created. This event can be seen as the opposite of a takeover."

Increasing the number of shares of a corporation by some ratio or multiple.

The act of sending an e-mail to a user falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft.

Short-term credit where the amount and conditions are negotiated as required.

A generic term referring to any short-term sales agreement. Generally it refers to single shipment orders with delivery expected in less than one month. Goods sold on this basis are usually off-the-shelf and not subject to customization. Spot market prices are subject to discounting and directly reflect current market conditions.

Market where goods are sold for cash, for immediate delivery.

Foreign exchange market where currency is sold for immediate delivery.

The spot price is the selling price of a commodity (oil, soy beans, currency, etc.) for immediate rather than forward delivery

A spot rate is the exchange rate of one currency for another for immediate delivery. Also called the Cash rate

Refers to pipe networks through which water moves under pressure before being delivered to the crop via sprinkler nozzles.; Irrigation by which water is ejected into the air to fall onto the soil surface as spray.

Spread is the difference in yield between two financial instruments, e.g. in a swap of different securities. Swaps are agreements between at least two counter-parties to exchange cash flows in the future according to a pre-specified formula. They can therefore be regarded as portfolios of forward contracts. The most common one is an agreement on the exchange of a fixed rate for a floating rate contract

1. Options: Purchase of a call option at one price and resale at another.
2. Commodities: Purchase of a contract in one delivery month and resale in another.
3.Euromarket, securities: Difference between rate at which bank borrows money on interbank market and rate at which it on lends funds to its customers.

Risk due to the spread between IBRD borrowing and loans being too low or negative

Adjustable fitting on lifting equipment designed to connect with the upper corner fittings of an ITU. Many spreaders have in addition grappler arms that engage the bottom side rails of an ITU.

A rhabdovirus infection capable of inducing an acute haemorrhagic and contagious viraemia in several carp species and of some other cyprinid and ictalurid fish species.

It refers to water that discharged from the ground at an intersection point between the topographic surface and the ground water table, it could be permanent or seasonal.

Is based on the variable labels and value labels.

Computer software that obtains information from a user's computer without the user's knowledge or consent.

By-catch reduction device.

A sprinkler head layer pattern where the sprinklers, when viewed from above, appear as more or less a square with one sprinkler in each corner.