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Record 1 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Horse Husbandry
DEF

A recorded portion of a horse ancestry.

CONT

[Volume I of the General Stud Book] purported to be nothing more than a collection of pedigrees of horses(with a view toward correcting "false and inaccurate" pedigrees but with no claim that it was free of error).

Key term(s)
  • certificate of origin
  • credentials

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Élevage des chevaux
DEF

Extrait du livre généalogique d'un animal de race pure.

CONT

On peut consulter le pedigree d'un cheval, dans lequel n'est identifiée qu'une partie de ses ancêtres (son ascendance).

Key term(s)
  • certificat d'origine

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
  • Cría de ganado caballar
Key term(s)
  • certificado de raza pura
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Record 2 2016-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
  • Banking
  • Financial Institutions
DEF

A confirmation with all details of the receipt of specified securities, physically or by book entry, from a specified party free of payment.

OBS

confirmation of receipt free: term and definition standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in 1993.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
  • Banque
  • Institutions financières
DEF

Confirmation, avec tous les détails, de la réception de titres donnés, matériellement ou par virement, d'une partie définie, sans paiement.

OBS

confirmation de réception sans règlement : terme et définition normalisés par l'Organisation internationale de normalisation (ISO) en 1993.

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
  • Banking
  • Financial Institutions
DEF

A confirmation with all details of the delivery of specified securities, physically or by book entry, to a specified party free of payment.

OBS

confirmation of delivery free: term and definition standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in 1993.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
  • Banque
  • Institutions financières
DEF

Confirmation avec tous les détails de la livraison de titres donnés, matériellement ou par virement, à une partie définie sans paiement.

OBS

confirmation de livraison sans règlement : terme et définition normalisés par l'Organisation internationale de normalisation (ISO) en 1993.

Spanish

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Record 4 2005-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Library Science
OBS

The Canadian Book Exchange Centre(CBEC) helps Canadian libraries help each other. A resource-sharing service provided by Library and Archives Canada, CBEC is a redistribution centre, a clearing house that arranges for the exchange of publications deemed surplus by one library but needed by another. The Centre ensures that the nation's collective surplus holdings are accessible to all, keeps material in circulation and provides an efficient, practical method of using libraries’ excess materials to help fill each other's collection requirements. Currently, the publications made available by the Centre are free of charge, but participating libraries must pay shipping charges whether they send or receive materials.

Key term(s)
  • Canadian Bank Exchange Center
  • Canadian Bank Exchange Centre
  • Canadian Book Exchange Center
  • Canada Book Exchange Centre

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Bibliothéconomie
OBS

Le Centre canadien d'échange du livre (CCEL) favorise l'entraide entre les bibliothèques canadiennes. Un service de mise en commun des ressources fourni par Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, le CCEL est un centre de redistribution, c'est-à-dire un bureau central qui expédie les surplus de publications de bibliothèques à d'autres bibliothèques qui en ont besoin. Le Centre fait en sorte que l'ensemble des surplus de publications du pays soient accessibles à tous en favorisant la circulation de documents, selon une méthode efficace et pratique, afin de compléter les collections des bibliothèques. Actuellement, les publications que le Centre reçoit sont offertes gratuitement aux bibliothèques participantes qui doivent toutefois payer les frais d'expédition, que ce soit pour envoyer ou recevoir des publications.

Spanish

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Record 5 2003-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Econometrics
  • Foreign Trade
CONT

Chapter 1 of Birnbaum's book explains the concept of full value cost analysis(FVCA), which seeks to estimate the final cost of apparel(FOB [free on board] the destination country). Chapters 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 of the book review the underlying concepts that in his view, drive the current global market apparel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économétrie
  • Commerce extérieur
CONT

Dans le chapitre 1 de son ouvrage, Birnbaum explique le concept de l'analyse du coût complet (ACC), qui permet d'estimer le coût final de l'habillement.

Spanish

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Record 6 1995-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

Acronym from Robert Heinlein’s classic "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress", often invoked when balking at the poor quality of some piece of software, or at the signal-to-noise ratio of unmoderated USENET newsgroups.

CONT

(...) the purpose of this book(...) is to expound a constructive strategy of its own for coping with the environmental crisis. The fundamental principle on which this strategy is built may be expressed in a simple slogan-There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch-the "TANSTAAFL principle", for short.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
  • Internet et télématique
OBS

Cette formule lapidaire correspond bien à l'idée exprimée par la vedette anglaise.

Spanish

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