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Tug boat
Motor boat with a capacity of at least 37 kW, designed or refitted to tow towing barges, push boats or platforms, but not for transporting freight.
Work and Social Assistance Act (WWB)
Dutch law that came into force on 1 January 2004 providing social assistance. It replaces the National Assistance Act (ABW) and the
Occupational health
Protecting and improving the health of employees when related to the relationship employees have with their work and working environment.
Subsidies on imports
Subsidies on imports are related to the value or the volume of imported products that are re-exported without undergoing any processing.
Savings
The amount of non-transferable deposits with resident banks, which is held in the Netherlands by the sector households and the sector non-profit institutions serving households.
Gross wage applicable for social insurance schemes
The wage on which employees have to pay social security contributions such as unemployment (WW) and health insurance (ZW).
Social work
Hands-on help, advice, mediation and psychological and social aid to people with social or personal difficulties. Prevention and indication of problems are also included.
Museum management
The person or institution responsible for the museum and for the preservation and putting together of the collection. This is not necessarily the owner of the collection.
University education
Education provided by universities and similar private institutions (KIM, KMA, private institutions providing masters degrees) aiming at bachelors, masters or PhD degrees and university-level second...
Central court of appeal
Court that decides in first and sometimes sole instance or in administrative appeals in the administrative law section of the court, in certain administrative disputes.
Property income (NR)
Income that owners of financial assets and tangible non-produced assets receive when they put them at the disposal of other institutional units.
Medical decision at the end of life.
If there is more than one decision, the death is classified on the basis of the most drastic intervention.
Subjective well-being
The degree of satisfaction one feels about one’s financial and social position, housing situation, leisure, friends, society, marriage and family.
Steam and/or warm water
Steam is water with a temperature of more than 100 degrees Celsius. Warm water has a temperature of less than 100 degrees Celsius
Current account
Current accounts concern the generation, distribution and redistribution of income and its use in the form of final consumption. They permit the calculation of saving.
Yield of government bonds
Indicator of long-term interest calculated on the basis of the prices of all government bonds with a fixed life quoted on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
Contributing family worker
A person who works, not on the basis of a an explicit employment contract, in the company or practice of the partner or parents.
Acquittal
Verdict by a judge who feels there is no proof that the suspect committed the crime he/she was charged with by the public prosecutor.
Subsidies
Payment by the government or EU institutions to resident producers with the aim to influence production levels, prices, or remuneration of the production factors.
Government-owned corporation
Government bodies mainly selling the goods and services they produce at market prices to other government, households, enterprises or the rest of the world.
Country of destination (trade)
'The country to which goods are transported or in which services are provided, as known at the time of export.
Zoo
A collection of animals, birds, reptiles, fish, dolphins, safari park, nature park etc accessible to the public, excl. animal shelters, children's farms, deer parks or travelling show.
Reunification migration
Immigration where the immigrant entering the Netherlands moves to an address already occupied by a family member (parent, spouse, child, uncle or aunt, cousin, nephew or niece).
Final court judgement
Verdict by a judge in a civil law case started with a summons and ending with a final decision in the relevant instance.
Steam
Water of 100 or more degrees Celsius. Expressed as normal steam, that is steam with a pressure of 1 bar and a temperature of 100 degrees Celsius.