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USP [7 records]

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Record 1 2024-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Pharmacy
OBS

An authoritative compendium on drugs, their preparation, and tests of their purity and identity. It was first published in 1820 by the United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc. ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Pharmacie
OBS

La notation USP s'utilise après le nom des médicaments concernés.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de monografías
  • Farmacia
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Record 2 2024-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Market Prices
DEF

A tariff for local service under which the subscriber only pays for [the] service he uses.

OBS

usage sensitive pricing; USP: term and abbreviation officially approved by Bell Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prix (Commercialisation)
CONT

Disponible depuis 6 mois, l’offre avec tarification selon l’utilisation de [l'entreprise] vient bouleverser l’univers du décisionnel, longtemps dominé par des modèles d’abonnement beaucoup plus coûteux. [...] Les clients peuvent être opérationnels en quelques minutes et ne payer que pour ce qu’ils utilisent, en activant ou désactivant le service au gré de leurs besoins [...]

OBS

tarification à l'utilisation; TU: terme et abréviation uniformisés par Bell Canada.

Spanish

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Record 3 2020-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Advertising Techniques
  • Marketing
DEF

An advertising technique according to which an advertisement should stress an exclusive selling argument.

CONT

When companies are trying to determine how to market a product, they focus on the unique selling proposition, the one thing that wakes that product different than any other. It's the one reason they think consumers will buy the product even though it may seen no different from many others just like convenient packaging, or it may taste or smell better, or last longer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques publicitaires
  • Commercialisation
DEF

Argument publicitaire qui met en avant une seule des caractéristiques d'un produit.

OBS

argument publicitaire unique : terme publié au Journal officiel du 12 mai 2000.

Spanish

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Record 4 2020-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Advertising Techniques
CONT

A Unique Selling Point (USP) is a feature that makes a product or service distinctive. A particular product may use unique packaging, advertising campaigns, added quality or even simply a low price feature to make it different.

CONT

This printer's key selling point is the ink, which is claimed to resist fading for 85 years, even longer than HP claims their prints to last.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques publicitaires
DEF

Principal argument mis en avant pour la vente d'un produit.

CONT

La fiabilité de l'équipement constitue un argument clé de vente pour Bombardier Transport et elle a clairement représenté un facteur déterminant pour l'obtention de la plus récente commande additionnelle de la New York Metropolitain Transportation Authority/Metro-North Railroad («MTA/MNR») portant sur 120 rames automotrices électriques M-7.

OBS

Terme publié au Journal officiel du 12 mai 2000.

Spanish

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Record 5 2003-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Education Theory and Methods
OBS

The University of the South Pacific (USP) is the premier provider of tertiary education in the Pacific Region, and an international centre of excellence for teaching and research on all aspects of Pacific culture and environment. Established in 1968.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
Key term(s)
  • Université du Pacifique Sud

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Teorías y métodos pedagógicos
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Record 6 2003-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Peripheral Equipment
  • Astronautics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Périphériques (Informatique)
  • Astronautique

Spanish

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Record 7 1996-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • War and Peace (International Law)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)
OBS

Faction somalienne.

OBS

Source : Presse écrite.

OBS

Appellation d'usage obligatoire au Bureau de la traduction.

Spanish

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