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MINOR LEAGUE [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-02-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports (General)
  • Specialized Vocabulary and Phraseologism of Sports
  • Team Sports (General)
DEF

A professional sports league having less status or prestige than a major league and typically made up of clubs owned by or affiliated with major league clubs.

OBS

When minor league clubs are controlled by major league clubs, the parent club usually supplies the players to the minor league club and handles all transactions involving trading or selling the contracts of the minor league players it controls.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports (Généralités)
  • Vocabulaire spécialisé et phraséologie des sports
  • Sports d'équipe (Généralités)
DEF

Organisme du sport professionnel regroupant des équipes de calibre inférieur aux équipes d'une ligue majeure dans une discipline donnée mais dont les clubs sont la propriété ou une filiale d'un club d'une ligue majeure.

Spanish

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