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FULL-COPY RETURN [1 record]

Record 1 2004-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marketing
  • The Press (News and Journalism)
DEF

An unsold copy which the publisher requests to be returned to the wholesaler intact and not shredded, but re-used in some fashion.

OBS

full-copy return : term usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • full-copy returns

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commercialisation
  • Presse écrite
DEF

Exemplaire non vendu qui, à la demande de l'éditeur, est retourné au grossiste intact (non déchiqueté), afin d'être réutilisé d'une certaine manière.

OBS

exemplaire invendu intact : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • exemplaires invendus intacts

Spanish

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