As used in this chapter:
A. "State" includes the states of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.B. "Combined wage claim" is a claim filed under this arrangement.C. "Combined wage claimant" is a claimant who has covered employment and wages under the unemployment compensation law of more than one state who has filed a claim under this arrangement.D. "Paying state" is the state which will determine the claimant's monetary entitlement under its law using wages and employment transferred it by the other states in which the claimant worked during its base period and will make payments to the claimant.E. "Transferring state" is any state in which a combined wage claimant had covered employment and wages in the base period of a paying state and which transfers such employment and wages to the paying state for its use in determining the benefit rights for such claimant under its law.F. "Employment" and "wages". "Employment" refers to all services which are covered under the unemployment compensation law of a state, whether expressed in terms of weeks of work or otherwise. "Wages" refers to all remuneration for such employment.G. "Base period" and "benefit year" is the base period as defined in 219 NAC 1 and benefit year applicable under the law of the paying state.219 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 6, § 003