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PENHOLDER [3 records]

Record 1 2022-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Equipment and Supplies
  • School Equipment
  • Writing Instruments
DEF

... a cylindrical tube ... on its own base, into which a pen may be inserted when not in use.

Key term(s)
  • desk pen-holder
  • pen-holder

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et fournitures de bureau
  • Matériel et équipement scolaires
  • Instruments d'écriture

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Writing Instruments
  • Art Supplies
DEF

A cylindrical rod or tube of wood, metal, plastic, etc., into which the nib of a pen may be fixed, and which then forms the handle of the pen.

Key term(s)
  • pen-holder

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments d'écriture
  • Matériel d'artistes
DEF

Tige à l'extrémité de laquelle est adaptée une plume métallique pour écrire ou pour dessiner.

OBS

porte-plume : Les formes au pluriel pour la graphie avec trait-d'union sont «porte-plume» et «porte-plumes».

Key term(s)
  • porte-plumes

Spanish

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Record 3 2018-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Records Management (Management)
  • Committees and Boards (Admin.)
DEF

In the United Nations context, [the] member of the Security Council who initiates and chairs the informal drafting process of a decision of the Council.

CONT

Any member of the Security Council may be a penholder. Members of the Council are encouraged to act as the penholder(s) in the drafting of documents, including resolutions, presidential statements and press statements of the Council ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des documents (Gestion)
  • Comités et commissions (Admin.)
CONT

Tout membre du Conseil de sécurité peut être rédacteur. Les membres sont donc invités à participer à la rédaction des documents du Conseil, y compris résolutions, déclarations du président et communiqués de presse [...]

Spanish

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