Statistical Terms Glossary

Is a systems generate heat in a centralised location and distribute it amongst multiple different buildings. They can be used to provide space or water heating for residential or commercial requirements. The idea is to provide low-carbon energy cheaply.

Diversification refers to the expansion of an existing firm into another product line or market. Diversification may be related or unrelated.

An aircraft landing at an airport other than the one in the aircraft’s flight plan because of operational or technical difficulties either on the aircraft or at the destination airport.
Note: Diversions may be caused by passenger misbehaviour, aircraft technical problems, bad weather conditions, accidents or other emergencies at the planned destination airport.

Channel which is constructed across the slope to intercept surface runoff and divert it to a safe outlet.

Differences in the values, attitudes, cultural perspective, beliefs, ethnic background, sexual orientation, gender identity, skills, knowledge and life experiences of each individual in any group of people.

Divestiture refers to firms selling part of their current operations, divisions or subsidiaries.

Disposition of an asset or investment by outright sale, employee purchase, liquidation, etc.

Equity paper which does not confer any ownership rights (e.g., voting rights) but grants the holder the right to participate in the net profit and liquidation proceeds and the right to subscribe to new shares in the case of a rights issue.

Equity paper, issued in the place of repaid shares, conferring membership rights and the right to participate in the distribution of profits and liquidation proceeds of a corporation.

Stock which entitles the holder to receive dividends.

Dividends are a form of property income received by owners of shares to which they become entitled as a result of placing funds at the disposal of corporations. Raising equity capital through the issue of shares is an alternative way of raising funds to borrowing.
In contrast to loan capital, however, equity capital does not give rise to a liability that is fixed in monetary terms and it does not entitle the holders of shares of a corporation to a fixed or predetermined income.

distribute lines to subscribers to be fixed to the pole.

A price or quantity index that treats both prices and quantities as continuous functions of time. By differentiation with respect to time, the rate of change in the value of the aggregate in question is partitioned into two components one of which are the price index and the other the quantity index.

Specialisation in work, which may be effected by breaking an activity into component tasks, or by assigning specific groups of persons to certain jobs or outputs.

The final dissolution of a marriage, that is, the separation of husband and wife which confers on the parties the right to remarriage under civil, religious and/or other provisions, according to the laws of each country.

The number of divorces per 1,000 population in a given year.

A part of port for anchoring ships and boats.

Refers to contacts with an ambulatory care physician divided by the population. Contacts in out-patient wards should be included.

Multilateral trade negotiations in the World Trade Organisation that were initiated in November 2001, in Doha, Qatar.

The LIBOR for transactions in U.S. dollars.