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Record 1 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vehicle Parking
  • Urban Planning
DEF

Parking lots(...) open to the general public, regardless of purpose, or destination. The words "pay" or "free" are sometimes added to distinguish whether or not a fee is charged.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stationnement
  • Aménagement urbain
DEF

(...) ouvrages ou parties d'ouvrages ouverts au public, c'est-à-dire dont les emplacements sont mis à la disposition du premier occupant (...)

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remuneration (Personnel Management)
  • Economics
  • Taxation
DEF

A reward system to encourage someone to do something.

CONT

For example, if the government wants the public to save more, it can make interest on savings income-tax free;... if it wants industry to speed up investment plans, it can introduce an investment tax credit; if it wants industry to increase research and development, it can let industry write off the costs at a faster rate.... Direct grants can also be used as incentives. Likewise, companies can provide an incentive for employees through pay increases based on merit, rewards for sales, and profit sharing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rémunération (Gestion du personnel)
  • Économique
  • Fiscalité
DEF

Moyen utilisé pour encourager une personne à agir dans un sens déterminé, par exemple les subventions publiques, les divers encouragements fiscaux et les primes de rendement versées au personnel en vue d'augmenter le dynamisme et la productivité de celui-ci.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Remuneración (Gestión del personal)
  • Economía
  • Sistema tributario
DEF

Fórmula de retribución que de modo complementario se asigna a una persona, caracterizada fundamentalmente porque su importe depende directamente de que la actuación de aquélla resulte más o menos eficaz.

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Record 3 2014-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
DEF

A concept that [refers to] financial institutions [being] self-regulated, rather than regulated by government agencies.

CONT

Market discipline substitutes the free market for the supervisory activities of banking industry regulators, in setting the rates banks pay to attract deposits, and even in the kinds of products that financial institutions sell to the public.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
OBS

discipline de marché : terme tiré du «Rapport final du Comité d'étude sur la Société d'assurance-dépôts du Canada».

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Neology and Linguistic Borrowing
DEF

Servitude resulting from inability to pay debts. Translation: péonage. The word péon appeared in French before 1880 as a borrowing from Spanish. Petit Robert (p. 1397) gives "paysan pauvre (qui n’a pas de cheval); the notion of poverty can be captured in one term.

OBS

A syntagma that uses the noun debt and the derivative peonage (peon, noun, borrowing from Spanish; -age, combining form). The term refers to the poor agricultural workers of Brazil who are semi-slaves of the landowners.

CONT

As late as 1960, millions of workers were subject to so-called debt peonage: forced to buy food and other necessities from their employers at prices that exceeded their wages, they remained in penury forever.

OBS

This social neologism is a pleonasm, since the accepted meaning of peonage incorporates the notion of semi-slavery due to inability to pay debts. Random House gives for peonage : 2. The practice of holding persons in servitude or partial slavery, as to work off a debt.(p. 1677). Debt peonage, therefore, will join free gift among the many pleonasms in our language.

Key term(s)
  • peonage

French

Domaine(s)
  • Néologie et emprunts

Spanish

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Record 5 2009-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of National Programs (Non-Canadian)
  • Loans
  • Education
OBS

Luckily, the Federal government realizes the needs for graduate level study, that's why it suggests the Stafford Loans program in order to supply a diversity of graduate student loans. You should complete a free application for student assistance(FAFSA loan) and then make a decision which loan path to follow. Stafford graduate student loans are managed by the graduate schools to which you are appealing, but they are given by the government. One of the greatest benefits of Stafford graduate student loan is the fact that you will be permitted a half-year grace period that follows your graduation before you should begin your payments. If the government chooses your application, they supply you with a list of their accepted creditors. Only students who have not neglected on other loans are eligible for this kind of loan. If your income is too low, you may pretend to your graduate student loans financed by the government. It means that when you are entered in graduate school, you will not be accountable for the interest on your lend. If your income level is high enough, the interest on your loans will be joined to the principal which you should to pay off.

Key term(s)
  • Stafford Loans Programme

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes nationaux non canadiens
  • Prêts et emprunts
  • Pédagogie
Key term(s)
  • Stafford Loans Programme
  • Programme de prêts Stafford

Spanish

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Record 6 2008-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
CONT

Access to sound money. There are only four components here: money growth ... the variability of inflation ... your latest inflation rate ... and the freedom to own foreign-currency bank accounts ...

CONT

In a free market with sound money, borrowing is connected with the ability to pay. At first, this is only available to the rich. As prosperity spreads, so does creditworthiness.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
CONT

Les fondements de la liberté économique sont le choix personnel, l'échange volontaire, la libre concurrence et la sécurité de la propriété privée. Cette liberté économique est mesurée dans cinq domaines : (1) taille de l'appareil gouvernemental, (2) structure juridique et sécurité des droits de propriété, (3) accès à une monnaie saine, (4) liberté de commerce international et (5) réglementation du crédit, du travail et des activités commerciales.

Spanish

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Record 7 2007-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour and Employment
  • Working Practices and Conditions
CONT

Others who do not support pay equity laws argue that wage discrepancies between male and female dominant occupations are not the result of discrimination but rather of the free market system and collective bargaining.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail et emploi
  • Régimes et conditions de travail
CONT

Ceux qui s'opposent à l'imposition de lois sur l'équité salariale soutiennent que la disparité salariale des emplois à prédominance masculine ou féminine ne peut être imputée à la discrimination, mais aux lois du marché et aux négociations de conventions collectives.

Spanish

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Record 8 2005-08-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
  • Customs and Excise
DEF

The program that enables eligible companies to import goods without having to pay customs duties, as long as they eventually export the goods. These companies can further manufacture the goods before exporting them or export them in their unaltered state without having to pay customs duties. The North American Free Trade Agreement(NAFTA) regulates the amount of relief where the goods are exported to companies in NAFTA-participating countries.

CONT

Nearly all the identifying features of an inefficient suite of relief programmes relate to the transfer of control of the goods subject to the program. ICC [International Chamber of Commerce] believes that simplification is best achieved by limiting the number of times that control of the relief has to be transferred. In a well-designed suite of duty relief programmes, such transfers will be rare. As long as there are numerous relief programmes available to meet different needs, it is difficult, if not impossible, to avoid transfers between them.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Douanes et accise
DEF

Programme permettant aux sociétés admissibles d'importer des marchandises sans avoir à payer de droits de douane, à condition que celles-ci soient ensuite exportées. Ces sociétés peuvent faire subir un complément de fabrication aux marchandises avant leur exportation ou les exporter telles quelles, sans avoir à payer de droits. L'ALENA [Accord de libre-échange nord-américain] prévoit le montant de l'exonération dans les cas d'exportation vers les pays signataires.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comercio exterior
  • Aduana e impuestos internos
DEF

Programa de reintegro, reembolso y remisión de derechos de aduana que ofrece la ACAAT [Agencia Canadiense de Ingresos] [...] y que se puede utilizar para reducir, eliminar o diferir el pago de aranceles aduaneros sobre las mercancías autorizadas.

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Record 9 2005-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Loans
  • National and International Economics
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
CONT

Grants reduce the probability of poor countries experiencing debt distress. As we are seeing in the cases of Niger and Ethiopia, countries’ debt levels remain at unsustainable levels, despite HIPC [Heavily Indebted Poor Countries] debt relief and additional "topping-up" assistance. Grants free up scarce public resources, which would otherwise have been used to pay off outstanding loan commitments. These resources can be used to fund the kind of productive investments... such as infrastructure improvements and agricultural programs, which contribute to economic growth and poverty reduction.

CONT

On April 20th Ethiopia finally reached Completion Point under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative and received ’topping-up’ debt relief.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prêts et emprunts
  • Économie nationale et internationale
  • Coopération et développement économiques
CONT

Pour les pays qui ont atteint le point d'achèvement, mais continuent d'être surendettés en raison de facteurs exogènes, la communauté internationale peut envisager d'accorder un allègement de dette complémentaire («topping-up») à titre exceptionnel, au-delà du montant engagé au point de décision.

CONT

Si le cours des produits de base qu'il exporte a baissé depuis le calcul de l'allègement de la dette, un pays peut obtenir un «complément» d'allègement de la dette au «point d'achèvement», comme cela a récemment été le cas du Burkina Faso.

OBS

allègement : 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 10 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 11 2003-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Conventions, Treaties and Agreements (Documents)
  • Astronautics
OBS

NASA has a massive investment in space transportation facilities, a constant need for cash to finance its own programs.... What the agency is proposing with its Joint Endeavour Agreement(JEA) is, basically, to fly free of charge a limited number of experimental payloads supplied by industrial companies. The companies have to pay for any extra costs incurred by NASA...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de conventions, de traités et d'accords (Documents)
  • Astronautique

Spanish

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Record 12 2002-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collective Agreements and Bargaining
DEF

A method of awarding pay increases in which no company, factory or other bargaining unit is allowed to increase its wage bill by more than a given percentage and unions and management are free to negotiate any sort of deal they like. Guardian Weekly, April 17, 1977 p. 4.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conventions collectives et négociations

Spanish

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Record 13 1996-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Workplace Organization
  • Office-Work Organization
CONT

Executive suites are very common in most U. S. cities and may include an inexpensive marketing package to help you develop a local corporate image. These suites offer economic overhead through pooled secretarial support, office space, photocopying, mail handling and telephone answering services. Telephones are answered with your firm's name and you pay a monthly rental and phone answering fee plus additional charges for specific services used or furniture rented. Costs of these services vary by region and by size of space. You are usually free to move within the building as your space needs change. You will probably find it more economical to open your own office once you have more than five staff on site.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation du travail et équipements
  • Organisation du travail de bureau

Spanish

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Record 14 1988-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Practice (Hotels)
CONT

You have been "walked" when you are told your confirmed reservation will not be honoured. Most hotels adhere to the following walk policy : 1. to provide accommodation at a comparable hotel; 2. to provide free transportation to the hotel; 3. to pay the cost of the first night lodging; 4. to provide one free long distance call.

OBS

According to the Public Relations Department, Westin Hotel, Ottawa, the terms "to farm out" and "to walk the guest" are synonymous.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation hôtelière
OBS

Terme fourni par l'Office de la langue française (Montréal).

Spanish

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Record 15 1988-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Practice (Hotels)
OBS

You have been "walked" when you are told your confirmed reservation will not be honoured. Most hotels adhere to the following walk policy : 1. to provide accommodation at a comparable hotel; 2. to provide free transportation to the hotel; 3. to pay the cost of the first night lodging; 4. to provide one free long distance call.

OBS

According to the Public Relations Department, Westin Hotel, Ottawa, the terms "farming out" and "walking the guest" are synonymous.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation hôtelière
OBS

Terme fourni par l'Office de la langue française (Montréal).

Spanish

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