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Primary Reserve [3 records]

Record 1 2022-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Titles
  • Military Organization
DEF

A sub-component of the Reserve Force which consists of officers and non-commissioned members who have undertaken, by the terms of their enrolment, to perform such military duty and training as may be required of them and contains all formed Reserve Force units.

OBS

Primary Reserve; P Res: designations to be used by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires
  • Organisation militaire
OBS

Sous-élément constitutif de la Force de réserve qui se compose d'officiers et de militaires du rang qui se sont engagés, par leur enrôlement, à accomplir les fonctions militaires et l'entraînement qui peuvent être exigés d'eux et qui comprend toutes les unités constituées de la Force de réserve

OBS

Première réserve; P rés : désignations d'usage obligatoire au ministère de la Défense nationale et dans les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
DEF

The percentage of its deposits that a bank is required by law to maintain as cash reserves, i.e. not to lend or use for any other purpose.

OBS

primary reserve: term often used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • primary reserves

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
OBS

réserve primaire : terme souvent utilisé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • réserves primaires

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Operaciones bancarias
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Record 3 2001-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Geology
  • Petroleum Deposits
OBS

primary reserves: term rarely used in the singular (primary reserve).

Key term(s)
  • primary reserve

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie économique
  • Gisements pétrolifères
DEF

Réserves récupérables commercialement par les méthodes de production naturelle.

CONT

On distingue [...] les réserves primaires et les réserves secondaires qui correspondent à des phases successives d'exploitation.

OBS

réserves primaires : terme rarement utilisé au singulier (réserve primaire).

Key term(s)
  • réserve primaire

Spanish

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