Dataset · MLC-0116 · [FULL TEXT]

Economic statistics terminology

Name: Economic statistics terminology
Creator: MLchart
License: https://mlchart.com/terms/

1Description

Economic statistics terminology. 2,177 terms with definitions, abbreviations, synonyms, subjects and references. Every term is published as its own page, A to Z.

50 terms carry more than one definition, numbered in the record.

Subjects (3): Foreign trade (196); Governments (163); Statistics of U.S. Businesses (6).

2Schema

Table 1. Fields
Field	Type	Description	Example
id	string	Stable MLchart term identifier	MLC-T-ECS-000164
term	string	Headword as published	Bill of Lading
field	string	Field of the dataset	Economic statistics
definition	string	Definition text; several definitions are numbered	A document that establishes the terms of a contract between a shipper...
abbreviation	string	Abbreviation or acronym	BL
synonyms	array	Equivalent terms	Paid family leave
subject	string	Subject within the field	Foreign trade
see_also	array	Related terms in the same field	Statistics about Foreign Trade
references	array	Publications cited for the definition	U.S. Census Bureau Glossary
url	string	Canonical page of the term	https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/bill-of-lading/

3Sample records

Sample record

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-000164",
  "term": "Bill of Lading",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definition": "A document that establishes the terms of a contract between a shipper and a transportation company under which freight is to be moved between specified points for a specified charge. Usually prepared by the authorized agent on forms issued by the carrier, it serves as a document of title, a contract of carriage, and a receipt for goods.",
  "abbreviation": "BL",
  "subject": "Foreign trade",
  "see_also": [
    "Statistics about Foreign Trade"
  ],
  "references": [
    "U.S. Census Bureau Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/bill-of-lading/"
}

4Browse

Table 2. Terms by initial
Initial	Terms	From	To
A	134	Ability to speak English	Average weekly hours
B	71	Baby Boomers	Buyer
C	253	Cafeteria benefit plans	Customs Value
D	101	Data	Dwellr
E	130	Early retirement plan	Eye tracking
F	100	Families and primary individuals	Funeral leave (paid)
G	61	Gas supply	Guarantors of primary mortgages
H	63	Hardship withdrawals	HUD-code Manufactured (mobile) Home
I	93	If-Then-Else Edit	Iterations
J	15	Job	jury-duty-leave-paid
K	4	Kg (kilogram)	KLEMS
L	85	L (liter)	Lump-sum payment
M	116	M (meter)	Musculoskeletal disorders
N	100	NAICS	Numeric population change
O	61	Observational studies	Owner-occupied housing unit
P	155	Pacific	Purchases of Other Materials, Arts, and Supplies (Not for Resale)
Q	25	Quality adjustment	Quota
R	141	Race	Rural population
S	197	Safety bonus	Systems and equipment
T	96	Table	Type of school
U	67	Ultimate Consignee	Utility revenue
V	46	Vacancy	Voting District
W	51	Wage and salary workers	Written authorization
Y	6	Year	Year-to-Date (YTD) or Cumulative to date
Z	6	ZIP Code	Zone admission number

Acronyms and abbreviations: 175 entries with expansions.

5Uses

Domain adaptation and fine-tuning of language models
Term extraction, entity recognition and entity linking
Glossary, thesaurus and ontology construction
Search query expansion and synonym mapping
Evaluation sets for definition and question answering tasks

6Citation

@misc{mlchart_terminology_economic_statistics_2026,
  title     = {Economic statistics terminology},
  author    = {MLchart},
  publisher = {MLchart},
  year      = {2026},
  version   = {2026.10},
  url       = {https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/}
}

MLchart. (2026). Economic statistics terminology (Version 2026.10) [Data set]. https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/

7Access

The full Economic statistics terminology dataset (MLC-0116), 2,177 records. Delivered as JSONL, CSV or Parquet under a commercial licence.

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