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COLLECTION AGENCY [3 records]

Record 1 2014-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations and Associations (Admin.)
  • Police
  • Intelligence (Military)
DEF

An entity whose function is to search and to gather information, to analyse it, and to transform it into intelligence necessary for the political, economic and military conduct of a state.

OBS

agency; collection agency: terms standardized by NATO.

OBS

intelligence agency: term and definition officially approved by the Security Terminology Committee (STC).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et associations (Admin.)
  • Police
  • Renseignement (Militaire)
DEF

Entité qui a pour fonction de rechercher et de rassembler des informations, de les analyser et de les transformer en renseignements nécessaires à la conduite politique, économique et militaire d'un État [Définition uniformisée par le Comité de la terminologie de la sécurité (CTS)].

OBS

organisme de renseignement : terme normalisé par l'OTAN.

OBS

organisme de renseignement; organisme de renseignements; service de renseignements; bureau de renseignements : termes uniformisés par le Comité de la terminologie de la sécurité (CTS).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y asociaciones (Admón.)
  • Policía
  • Inteligencia (militar)
DEF

En inteligencia, una organización o un individuo que trabaja en la obtención y/o procesamiento de información.

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Record 2 2002-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Loans
  • Accounting
DEF

A firm that specializes in collecting overdue accounts.

Key term(s)
  • collecting agency

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prêts et emprunts
  • Comptabilité
DEF

Agence qui se spécialise dans le recouvrement de comptes en souffrance.

Key term(s)
  • agence de recouvrements

Spanish

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Record 3 1994-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation
OBS

Common body allowed by U.K. government to collect investment income earned outside the country for individual beneficial owners

Key term(s)
  • collection agency

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiscalité

Spanish

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