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Record 1 2006-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Decision-Making Process
  • Organization Planning

French

Domaine(s)
  • Processus décisionnel
  • Planification d'organisation
OBS

Pluriel : des contre-projets, des contreprojets.

OBS

contreprojet : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

An alternative method available in the event a plan or mechanism fails to work as expected (often used attributively).

OBS

workarounds: different ways of getting around a problem. From the verb phrase "to work around" (a problem, etc.).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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Record 3 1996-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parliamentary Language

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire parlementaire

Spanish

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