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PIL [12 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
OBS

Discontinued program.

OBS

Human Resources Development Canada.

Key term(s)
  • LIP program
  • LIP programme
  • Local Initiatives Programme
  • Local Initiatives Program

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
OBS

Développement des ressources humaines Canada.

Key term(s)
  • Programme d'initiative locale
  • Programme des initiatives locales

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Occupational Codes - Officers
Universal entry(ies)
32
occupation code
OBS

32: officers' military occupation code (MOC).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Groupes professionnels militaires des officiers
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
32
occupation code
OBS

32 : groupe professionnel militaire (GPM) des officiers.

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Practice and Procedural Law
CONT

Public interest litigation (PIL) involves the use of a country’s legal system to instigate change that affects the public.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit judiciaire
CONT

Le litige d’intérêt public (LIP) consiste à recourir au système juridique d’un pays afin d’amener des changements qui affectent le public..

Spanish

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Record 4 2010-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • National and International Economics
  • National Accounting
DEF

Total value of the goods and services produced by the residents or citizens of a country within a given period (normally a year) after deducting that which has been consumed during production, that is to say the consolidated value. It includes consumption, investments, stock variations and the value of exports after deducting imports and depreciation. The basic criteria is nationality which differentiates it from Net National Product as it includes that which is produced by citizens outside the country and deducts that which is produced by foreigners within the country. Gross domestic product after deducting depreciation.

OBS

net domestic product; NPD: terms and definition reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie nationale et internationale
  • Comptabilité nationale
DEF

Produit intérieur brut une fois les amortissements escomptés.

OBS

produit intérieur net; PIN : termes et définition extraits du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduits avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía nacional e internacional
  • Contabilidad nacional
DEF

Valor total de los bienes y servicios producidos por los residentes o nacionales de un país en un período (normalmente un año), deduciendo lo consumido en la producción, es decir, consolidado. Incluye el consumo, la inversión, la variación en existencias y el valor de las exportaciones deducidas las importaciones y las amortizaciones. Se puede medir a precios constantes, a precios de mercado o a coste de los factores. El criterio básico es el de nacionalidad, por lo que a diferencia del PIB se incluye lo producido por nacionales fuera del país y se deduce lo producido por extranjeros dentro del país. Producto interior bruto deducidas las amortizaciones.

OBS

producto interior neto; PIN: términos y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 5 2007-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Computer Processing of Language Data
OBS

Industry Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Informatisation des données linguistiques
OBS

Industrie Canada.

Spanish

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Record 6 2004-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
DEF

An accessory cloud of small horizontal extent, often cirriform, in the form of a cap, hood, or scarf, which occurs above or attached to the top of a cumuliform cloud that often pierces it.

CONT

Several pileus clouds fairly often are observed above each other. Pileus occurs principally with cumulus and cumulonimbus.

OBS

The terms "cap cloud" and "scarf cloud" are descriptive expressions which refer to pileus with cap and scarf-like forms respectively.

OBS

The term "cap cloud" is also used in reference to another cloud of the stationary kind.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
DEF

Nuage annexe à faible extension horizontale, en forme de bonnet ou de capuchon; ce nuage est situé au-dessus du sommet d'un nuage cumuliforme ou est attenant à sa région supérieure qui, souvent, le transperce.

CONT

Il arrive assez fréquemment d'observer plusieurs pileus superposés. Le pileus se présente principalement avec les Cumulus et les Cumulo-nimbus.

OBS

Le nuage en capuchon désigne aussi un autre nuage, de type stationnaire, qu'on trouve au sommet des montagnes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fenómenos meteorológicos, climáticos y atmosféricos
DEF

Nube anexa de poca extensión horizontal, en forma de gorro o capuchón, situado más arriba de la cima, o unido a ésta, de una nube cumuliforme que con frecuencia la atraviesa.

CONT

Con bastante frecuencia pueden observarse varios pileus superpuestos. El pileus aparece principalmente con los Cumulus y Cumulonimbus.

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Record 7 2000-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Customs and Excise
  • Citizenship and Immigration
DEF

The first line of customs officers that travellers report to when they arrive in Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Douanes et accise
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
OBS

ligne d'inspection primaire : terme confirmé par l'Agence des douanes et du revenu du Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aduana e impuestos internos
  • Ciudadanía e inmigración
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Record 8 2000-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Security
  • Citizenship and Immigration
OBS

Terminology used by Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
OBS

Expression construite d'après le par. 12(1) de la Loi sur l'immigration et employée à CIC.

OBS

Terminologie employée par Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada.

Spanish

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Record 9 1997-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remuneration (Personnel Management)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rémunération (Gestion du personnel)

Spanish

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Record 10 1995-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Employment Benefits
OBS

Of unfulfilled surplus period.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Avantages sociaux
OBS

De la partie non expirée de la période de priorité d'excédentaire.

OBS

Les sigles PIL/RER sont utilisés sur les relevés de la paie; ils désignent toujours ce genre de rémunération en particulier.

Spanish

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Record 11 1994-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiscalité

Spanish

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Record 12 1993-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
CONT

The Purpose-in-Life Test is a brief and reliable measure of the degree to which an individual feels his or her life is meaningful and has a purpose. The validity of the PIL has been difficult to establish because the characteristics of a meaningful existence are difficult to quantify and are different for each individual.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
OBS

Test de perception du sens de la vie.

Spanish

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