Statistical Terms Glossary

A relatively unselective fishing method because large volumes of bycatch are typically retained in the coded comprising several hundred species. In large industrial fisheries this bycatch is usually discarded overbard, but in small-scale fisheries it has commercial value and is used either for human or animal consumption.

The tropopause is the boundary between the troposphere and the stratosphere located at a height of about 10 kilometres above the earth’s surface

The troposphere is the layer of the atmosphere extending about 10 kilometres upward from the earth’s surface

A motor vehicle designed for another purpose than passenger transport, its height is more than 250 cm, and described in its license as a truck.

A theoretically defined index that lies between the Laspeyres price index and the Paasche price index.

A truncated enterprise group consists of the enterprises and the legal units of a multinational enterprise group, which are resident in the same country. It may comprise only one unit, if the other units are non-resident. An enterprise may be the truncated group or part thereof. A truncated group may consist of several units and subgroups, which can appear seemingly unlinked if their parent is non-resident, but actually belong to the same multinational enterprise.

System of limiting the physical circulation of securities in certificate form to save paper and reduce operating costs. Includes use of computers, microfiche, etc.

A trunk is a line or link designed to handle many signals simultaneously, and that connects major switching centers or nodes in a communications system. The transmitted data can be voice (as in the conventional telephone system) data, computer programs, images, video or control signals.

A method of operation in which a number of radio frequency channel pairs are assigned to mobile and base stations in the system for use as a trunk group.

Japanese bank involved in both lending and money management.

An amount of capital which a person (the trustor) places in custody of a trustee to be administered for the benefit of another (the beneficiary).

A person or a company appointed to carry out the tasks of the trust.

Trusts are arrangements that provide for legal control of portfolios of assets and liabilities and specify the use of the portfolio holdings and income generated thereby

A legal scheme, whereby named people (termed trustees) hold property on behalf of other people (termed beneficiaries).

An official body, usually set up by states after periods of state-perpetrated violence, whose main task is to establish a record of wrongdoing as part of an overall process of catharsis and reconciliation. Such commissions are sometimes empowered to grant full or partial amnesty in exchange for full disclosure, but this practice is rare. Some commissions also address issues of reparation and rehabilitation.

See Tourism Satellite Accounts.

Powered vessel developing not less than 37 kW and designed for the towing of dumb barges, pushed-towed barges, and rafts, but not for the carriage of goods.

The naval unit used to anchor or pull ship to the dock.

The Tunisian Internet Agency, known by its acronym ATI and created on 12 March 1996, is the principal Tunisian ISP. It is run by the Ministry of Telecommunication Technologies and has an equal mission to promote Internet usage in the country.

Turnover comprises the totals invoiced by the observation unit during the reference period, and this corresponds to market sales of goods or services supplied to third parties. Turnover also includes all other charges (transport, packaging, etc.) passed on to the customer, even if these charges are listed separately in the invoice. Turnover excludes VAT and other similar deductible taxes directly linked to turnover as well as all duties and taxes on the goods or services invoiced by the unit. Reduction in prices, rebates and discounts as well as the value of returned packing are not taken into account. Income classified as other operating income, financial income and extraordinary income in company accounts is excluded from turnover.

Total amount invoiced by a railway enterprise during the period under review. This corresponds to market sales of goods or services supplied to third parties. Turnover includes all duties and taxes on the goods or services invoiced by the enterprise with the exception of VAT invoiced by the unit vis-à-vis its customers. It also includes all other charges to the customers. Reduction in prices, rebates and discounts as well as the value of returned packing must be deducted, but not cash discounts.

Total amount invoiced by the railway enterprise during the period under review. This corresponds to market sales of goods or services supplied to third parties.
Turnover includes all duties and taxes on the goods or services invoiced by the enterprise with the exception of VAT invoiced by the unit vis-a-vis its customers. It also includes all other charges to the customers. Reduction in prices, rebates and discounts as well as the value of returned packing must be deducted, but not cash discounts.
Turnover does not include sales of fixed assets. Operation subsidies received from public authorities are also excluded.