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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2006-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clinical Psychology
CONT

Cathexis is said to be withdrawn from previously cathected ideas, groups of ideas, objects, agencies, etc. Psycho-analysis postulates the withdrawal of cathexis as the economic sub-stratum of various psychical processes, and of repression in particular.

CONT

(...) withdrawal of cathexis, for the process of decathexis.

OBS

cathexis: Neologism invented by Freud's English translators (...) used to describe the quantity of energy attaching to any object-representation or mental structure.

Key term(s)
  • decathexis

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie clinique
DEF

Terme du vocabulaire de l'économie désignant le processus par lequel un objet (personne, chose, situation) est privé de sa charge affective pour un sujet donné.

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
DEF

Disposition of an asset or investment by outright sale, employee purchase, liquidation, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
DEF

Action de se déposséder d'un ensemble d'actifs ou d'un placement, volontairement ou sur ordre d'un tribunal, que ce soit par cession d'une unité d'exploitation, par apport partiel d'actif à une nouvelle entreprise, par rachat de l'entreprise par les cadres ou les salariés, ou encore simplement par liquidation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Finanzas
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Record 3 2003-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Loans
DEF

The decision not to make new investment to replace plants, machinery, and equipment that is wearing out.

OBS

The result is a decline in the productive capacity of the economy. In a company, it can also be a decision to get out of certain activities by selling off or closing down operations.

OBS

Compare to «investment».

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prêts et emprunts
DEF

Réduction ou suppression, par l'entreprise, de ses investissements dans un secteur d'activité donné.

Spanish

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Record 4 2002-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
DEF

The disposal of a piece of capital or the failure to maintain a capital good that is being worn out or used up.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
DEF

Action de détruire ou de mettre hors service des biens d'équipement dont l'exploitation n'est plus rentable.

Key term(s)
  • carence d'investissement

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inversiones
OBS

Ocurre cuando los bienes de capital - máquinas, edificios, vehículos, etc. - no se sustituyen a medida que se desechan, por lo que los inventarios se reducen.

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