Statistical Terms Glossary

A grant made by a government that confers upon the creator of an invention the sole right to make, use, and sell that invention for a set period of time.

Is an international patent law treaty, concluded in 1970. It provides a unified procedure for filing patent applications to protect inventions in each of its contracting states. A patent application filed under the PCT is called an international application, or PCT application.

Patent fuel is a composition fuel manufactured from hard coal fines with the addition of a binding agent.

Are plants manufacturing patent fuel.

Is a patent law multilateral treaty concluded on 1 June 2000 in Geneva, Switzerland, by 53 States and the European Patent Organisation (an intergovernmental organization). Its aim is to harmonize formal procedures such as the requirements to obtain a filing date for a patent application, the form and content of a patent application, and representation.

Are inventions in categories of technical novelty that, by law or by judicial decision, can be afforded patent protection.

Is leave granted only to fathers for a limited period around the time of childbirth (not necessarily immediately after birth, but within a short period thereafter).

A pathogen is a micro-organism that can cause disease in other organisms. It may be present in sewage, run—off from animal farms, swimming pools, contaminated shellfish and so forth

The spread of disease or illness among the population.

Refers to the number of patients with dialysis treatments includes Hospital/Centre and Home Haemodialysis/Haemoinfiltration, Intermittent Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD), and Continuous Cyclical Peritoneal Dialysis (CCPD) on December 31st of each year.

This term refers to a traditional form of organizing society which often lies at the root of gender inequality. According to this kind of social system, men, or what is considered masculine, is accorded more importance than women, or what is considered feminine. Traditionally, societies have been organized in such a way that property, residence, and descent, as well as decision-making regarding most areas of life, have been the domain of men. This is often based on appeals to biological reasoning (women are more naturally suited to be caregivers, for example) and continues to underlie many kinds of gender discrimination.

Road surfaced with crushed stone (macadam), and hydrocarbon binder or bituminized agents, with concrete or cobblestone.

See Funded pension plan, Unfunded pension plan

Gender pay gap refers to the difference in earnings of men and women: what women on average take out of employment in monetary terms relative to men. It is calculated as the difference between average earnings of men and women as a percentage of average earnings of men. Being an average, the gender pay gap can only provide an overall picture of gender inequality in total pay for employment. It does not say if women and men with the same (or similar) jobs receive different compensations. It does not explain in itself why wage differences between men and women exist. To understand the gender pay gap and to better inform policy-makers, it is necessary to disaggregate the gender pay gap according to various associated factors and possible causes, such as by level of education, occupation and seniority.

The amount of time taken to break even on an investment. Since this method ignores the time value of money and cash flows after the payback period, it can provide only a partial picture of whether the investment is worthwhile.

In the issue of international securities, firm (usually a bank) responsible for arranging for the payment of cash or checks to holders of the securities who will be receiving interest or dividends, etc.

Passenger holding a ticket which has been paid for.

The revenue load of passengers, baggage, freight and mail carried as measured in metric tonnes.

Amounts that have not been paid by the date specified in a contract or within a normal commercial period for similar transactions. Payment arrears may arise from nonpayment by government in such areas as bills due from suppliers, due salaries or transfers, or due debt repayment or service.