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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

book: an item in the "Documentary Objects" class of the "Communication Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

livre en papier : objet de la classe «Objets documentaires» de la catégorie «Objets de communication».

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postage Stamps and Stamp Cancelling
CONT

Book, Booklet, These terms are used variously by different stamp issuing authorities to designate the small cotton or wire-stitched books in which stamps, usually of several denominations, are sold for convenience in carrying and use.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Timbres et oblitération
CONT

Les timbres émis sous la forme très pratique de carnets sont imprimés en larges feuilles, [...] afin de simplifier le découpage et le pliage en carnets.

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Games of Chance
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
DEF

A person in the business of taking bets, as on horse races.

CONT

A betting exchange allows players to bet on prices set by players themselves rather than by a bookmaker or sports book, which, according to one independent study, results in Betfair's odds being 20% better than bookmakers' starting prices.

CONT

Bookmakers run licensed betting offices, which the public use to place bets, gambling on the results of anything from horse races to competitions, or the outcome of events such as elections. They are sometimes called "turf accountants".

Key term(s)
  • book-maker

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Jeux de hasard
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

Celui qui engage l'argent des autres sur des paris, ex. courses de chevaux.

CONT

Vous avez (ou avez eu) une marge de crédit avec un preneur aux livres (bookmaker).

CONT

Dans un échange de paris, les parieurs spéculent sur les cotes établies par les parieurs eux-mêmes, et non par un preneur aux livres ou un preneur de paris sportifs.

CONT

La défenderesse, preneuse aux livres (bookmaker), opérait un système de jeu par ordinateur auquel des parieurs au R.-U. pouvaient avoir accès sur Internet en utilisant un logiciel qu'elle leur fournissait.

Key term(s)
  • preneur au livre

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Juegos de azar
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
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Record 4 2013-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Publication and Bookselling
  • Types of Documentation (Library Science)
  • School Equipment
  • Training of Personnel
DEF

A unit of publication, either bibliographically independent, or a volume in a series published under the same title, consisting of leaves, sheets, or signatures sewn or otherwise bound together, covered or uncovered.

CONT

Books, a mass medium in today's economy, are a second traditional element [after live instructors] which plays an important role in most educational experiences. Books ... are relatively inexpensive, and easy to carry around ..., and can be used at the reader's own pace. To date, books are the easiest, fastest, and cheapest way to convey a large body of information.

CONT

Books, periodicals, and other publications still have an important place in adult education.

CONT

E-books do not rival P-book sales, but the E-book industry is in its infancy. Five centuries ago, when print books became available, they were seen in a negative light, and even considered dangerous.

OBS

Bound volumes of periodicals and newspapers are not considered books.

Key term(s)
  • paper-book
  • print-book

French

Domaine(s)
  • Édition et librairie
  • Documentation (Bibliothéconomie)
  • Matériel et équipement scolaires
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
DEF

Assemblage de feuilles imprimées et réunies en un volume, broché ou relié.

CONT

L'utilisation scolaire du livre laisse souvent à désirer. Soit trop employé, soit négligé ou ignoré, l'usage de ce moyen pédagogique mériterait un apprentissage aussi bien par les enseignants que par les enseignés. [...] L'incitation à la lecture par la distribution des livres de la bibliothèque scolaire est très souhaitable.

OBS

Comparer avec «livre électronique».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Edición y venta de libros
  • Tipos de documentación (Biblioteconomía)
  • Material y equipo escolar
  • Capacitación del personal
DEF

Conjunto de hojas impresas y cosidas o encuadernadas en forma de volumen.

PHR

Libro en rama.

PHR

Libro rayado.

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Record 5 2012-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

The main books in the registry system are the abstract index, the copy book, the by-law index and the general register index.... The main books in the land titles system are the fee and receiving book, the suspense book, the registry, the leasehold register, the highways register, the Trans-Canada Pipe Line register, the powers of attorney register, the executions book and the registers referred to in the Condominium Act. (L.S.U.C., Real Estate, 1993, p. 2-5)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

[---] le terme «book» figure dans diverses appellations officielles de livres dont la loi prescrit la tenue dans les provinces et territoires.

OBS

livre : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 6 2010-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Investment
  • Business and Administrative Documents
CONT

If, however, some Members are not part of the selling group, at least 20% of the offering must be made available on a pro rata basis to non-selling group Members who execute their orders through an offering book on the exchange floor(s).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Investissements et placements
  • Écrits commerciaux et administratifs
CONT

Registre des ordres. Tous les ordres de la journée [...] doivent être consignés par la société de bourse dans un registre mis à jour quotidiennement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bolsa de valores
  • Inversiones
  • Documentos comerciales y administrativos
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Record 7 2010-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

A crystal of mica, usually large and irregular, whose cleavage plates resemble the leaves of a book.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie

Spanish

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Record 8 2004-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Games of Chance
  • Offences and crimes
DEF

One who takes illegal bets on horse races.

CONT

Both played their parts so well that they collared both the "bookies" without any trouble at all.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Jeux de hasard
  • Infractions et crimes
OBS

Preneur de paris clandestins.

Spanish

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Record 9 1999-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coins and Bank Notes
  • Numismatics
  • Coining
CONT

A coin sold to the "book" is a coin sold, at an auction, to a mail bidder or possibly back to its owner via a reserve bid. Such bids are recorded in the "book" prior to the start of the auction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pièces de monnaie et billets de banque
  • Numismatique
  • Monnayage

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Monedas y billetes
  • Numismática
  • Acuñación de moneda
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Record 10 1999-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Accounting
  • Loans
DEF

To record in the official accounting ledgers; often said of a loan.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité
  • Prêts et emprunts

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contabilidad
  • Préstamos
DEF

Anotar en la cuenta correspondiente, a modo de registro, una operación contable.

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Record 11 1998-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Business and Administrative Documents
  • Financial Accounting
CONT

Register: a record for the consecutive entry of any class of transactions, with notations of such essential particulars as may be needed for subsequent reference. Its form varies from a one-column sheet to one of many columns on which entries are distributed, summarized, and aggregated as a means of determining periodic adjustments or totals.

OBS

for "book": Any of the records (as the daybook, cashbook, salesbook, journal, ledger) in which a systematic record of business transactions may be kept ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écrits commerciaux et administratifs
  • Comptabilité générale
DEF

Document dans lequel sont enregistrées les opérations effectuées par l'entité.

Spanish

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Record 12 1980-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pricing (Air Transport)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tarification (Transport aérien)

Spanish

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Record 13 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Health Institutions

French

Domaine(s)
  • Établissements de santé

Spanish

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