Statistical Terms Glossary

At the time of purchase, the purchaser's price is the price the purchaser actually pays for the products; including any taxes less subsidies on the products (but excluding deductible taxes like VAT on the products); including any transport charges paid separately by the purchaser to take delivery at the required time and place; after deductions for any discounts for bulk or off-peak- purchasers from standard prices or charges; excluding interest or services charges added under credit arrangements; excluding any extra charges incurred as a result of failing to pay within the period stated at the time the purchases were made.

The purchaser’s price is the amount paid by the purchaser, excluding any deductible VAT or similar deductible tax, in order to take delivery of a unit of a good or service at the time and place required by the purchaser; the purchaser’s price of a good includes any transport charges paid separately by the purchaser to take delivery at the required time and place.

Are the rates of currency conversion that equalise the purchasing power of different currencies by eliminating the differences in price levels between countries. In their simplest form, PPPs are simply price relatives which show the ratio of the prices in national currencies of the same good or service in different countries.

The purchasing power parity (PPP) theory uses the long-term equilibrium exchange rate of two currencies to equalize their purchasing power. t is based on the law of one price: the theory states that, in ideally efficient markets, identical goods should have only one price.

Is the name given by Eurostat to the artificial currency unit in which the PPPs and real final expenditures for the EU 25 are expressed – namely, euros based on the EU 25.

Is research carried out for the advancement of knowledge, without working for long-term economic or social benefits and with no positive efforts being made to apply the results to practical problems or to transfer the results to sectors responsible for its application.

See: Rent - OECD

The change in the price of a good or service whose characteristics do not change over time. When some characteristics do change, that is a change in quality occurs, the “pure” price change is the price change remaining after eliminating the contribution of the change in quality to the observed price change.

For identifying environmental expenditure, a variant of the purpose criterion where the activities and expenditure are classified under environmental protection in so far their only objective is protecting the environment for example end-of-pipe capital expenditure.

The concept of purpose, or function, relates to the type of need a transaction or group of transactions aims to satisfy or the kind of objective it pursues.

Purpose of a trip is the main activity at the destination of a trip. Trip purpose categories:• Work (commuting): Work/commuting is first of all trips to the workplace at the location of the respondent’s employer. A meeting outside the address of the company is a business trip. For employees working at a construction site for a long period, trips directly from home to the construction site are work/commuting trips too.• Professional / business: Trip related to work but not considered as commuting.• Education: School or educational institution, school field trips, etc.• Shopping: Shopping, groceries, non-daily shopping, etc.• Escorting: Picking up/accompanying/escorting people, taking children to school, bringing someone to the station etc.• Leisure: Visiting friends/relatives, going out to eat or drink, touring/walking, sport/hobby, visiting vacation home, recreation at water/beach/mountains, cultural activities, entertainment, holiday, sightseeing, agro-tourism, voluntary work, private meetings, other leisure, etc.• Personal business: Services/personal care, health treatment, hair dresser, personal reasons, visiting a lawyer, religious activity, bank, post office, bringing or picking up things, etc.

The reasons for undertaking a journey are: Work and education (Commuting); Business; Holidays (vacation); Other (Shopping, leisure, family).

The reasons for undertaking a voyage are:
-- Work and education (Commuting)
-- Business
-- Holidays
-- Other (shopping, leisure, family)

The Development Assistance Committee (DAC) statistics on the purpose of aid cover three dimensions: the sector of destination, the form or type of aid, and the policy objective(s) of aid. Data are collected on individual commitments in the Creditor Reporting System (CRS), and in the form of annual commitment aggregates in the DAC Questionnaire

The reasons for undertaking the journeys are:
-- Work and education (Commuting)
-- Business
-- Holidays
-- Other (shopping, leisure, family)

The reasons for undertaking the journey are:
-- Work and education (Commuting)
-- Business
-- Holidays (vacation)
-- Other (shopping, leisure, family)

Tourists are individuals who travel for leisure, recreation and holidays.

Using the Internet to deliver specific but unrequested information to selected e-mail addresses.

IWT freight vessel which is designed to be pushed and does not have its own means of mechanical propulsion.

Pushed barge for the bulk transport of liquids or gases.

Inland waterways transport (IWT) freight vessel which is designed to be either pushed or towed and does not have its own means of mechanical propulsion.

Pushed-towed barge for the bulk transport of liquids or gases.

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

Powered vessel developing not less than 37 kW and designed or fitted for the pushing of pushed or pushed-towed barges but not for the carriage of goods.