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FUTURE OPTION [13 records]

Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
  • Foreign Trade
  • Investment
DEF

The purchase/sale of foreign currency at some future specified date(Fixed Forward Contract) or between two specified dates(Option Forward Contract). [Klein, Gerald. Dictionary of Banking. Pitman Publishing, 1995].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Investissements et placements

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Política monetaria y mercado de cambios
  • Comercio exterior
  • Inversiones
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Record 2 2022-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pregnancy
CONT

TOLAC and ERCS [elective repeat caesarean section] are safe options for future delivery after a CS [caesarean section] as there is a very low risk of serious harm to you and your baby with either option.

Key term(s)
  • trial of labour after cesarean section
  • trial of labor after caesarean section
  • trial of labor after cesarean section
  • trial of labour after cesarean
  • trial of labor after caesarean
  • trial of labor after cesarean
  • trial of labor after C-section

French

Domaine(s)
  • Grossesse
CONT

Une étude québécoise a conclu que lorsque la probabilité de réussite d'un AVAC [accouchement vaginal après césarienne] est d'au moins 70 %, aucune hausse de la morbidité (complications) n'est constatée à la suite d'un ETAC, que ce soit chez la mère ou le nouveau-né.

Spanish

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Record 3 2019-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Property Law (common law)
  • Real Estate
CONT

A lease purchase is a written agreement between a landlord and tenant giving the tenant an option to purchase the property at some future point in time. The nature of this type of real estate transaction can vary a great deal because virtually all the terms of a lease purchase are negotiable.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
  • Immobilier
DEF

Convention financière de longue durée, en vertu de laquelle une société spécialisée (bailleur) met à la disposition d'un utilisateur (preneur), moyennant un loyer (souvent indexé), un immeuble à usage professionnel, avec promesse unilatérale de vente à l'expiration du bail et suivant des modalités diverses [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de contratos (common law)
  • Derecho de propiedad (common law)
  • Bienes raíces
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Record 4 2016-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thermonuclear fusion
DEF

Energy derived from nuclear fusion in a hot plasma.

OBS

Fusion Energy. In a fusion reaction, two light atomic nuclei fuse together to form heavier ones... The fusion process releases a large amount of energy, which is the energy source of the sun and the stars. Fusion has some key features which make it an attractive option in a future energy mix : the fusion process is inherently safe; waste which will not be a burden for future generations; no emission of greenhouse gases; and the capacity for large scale energy production.

OBS

fusion power: term extracted from the “Glossaire de l’énergie nucléaire” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fusion thermonucléaire
CONT

L'énergie de fusion. La fusion est une autre forme d'énergie nucléaire. Elle cumule les avantages du nucléaire «classique» (densité énergétique, pas de pollution en fonctionnement...) tout en se donnant pour objectifs la diminution voire la suppression de ses inconvénients (pas de déchets à long terme, sûreté intrinsèque, combustibles abondants). [...] Pour être viables, [les] formes d'énergie devront bien évidemment satisfaire à des critères économiques mais aussi prendre en compte des exigences en terme d'environnement, de sûreté de fonctionnement, de disponibilité des ressources. L'énergie de fusion, dont la faisabilité reste à démontrer, répond à l'ensemble de ces exigences.

CONT

Complémentairement à l'énergie nucléaire de fission, il existe une énergie également d'origine nucléaire, c'est-à-dire liée à une transformation structurelle des noyaux atomiques, qui s'appelle l'énergie nucléaire de fusion. Dans une réaction de fusion, l'énergie est libérée par la fusion de deux noyaux d'éléments légers avec formation d'éléments plus lourds et nucléairement plus stables.

OBS

énergie de fusion; énergie nucléaire de fusion : termes extraits du «Glossaire de l’énergie nucléaire» et reproduits avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fusión termonuclear
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Record 5 2015-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
CONT

... when a developer makes a discretionary promise in future, one, which it has only the option to fulfil, it is not a promise and there is no longer any legal duty to abide by the spirit of the promise.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)

Spanish

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Record 6 2012-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Treaties and Conventions
  • International Public Law
  • Diplomacy
CONT

Therefore, it is probably a possible option for us to propose, as the lex ferenda(not as a perfect fantasy but as a steadily developing rule), to insert the clause of non-immunity of a responsible State into our future Draft Declaration of International Law Principles on Compensation for Victims of War. In drafting the non-immunity rule, however, we should also set some limits to it in terms of the categories of acts or omissions and their relation with a forum State.

OBS

non immunity rule: Expression reproduced from the Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traités et alliances
  • Droit international public
  • Diplomatie
OBS

loi inapplicable

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratados y convenios
  • Derecho internacional público
  • Diplomacia
OBS

regla de la inaplicabilidad de la inmunidad: Expresión reproducida del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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Record 7 2008-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Economics
DEF

The amount an individual would be willing to pay to preserve(or would have to be paid to agree to sell) the option to participate in some activity or to use some resource in the future, whether or not that individual ever actually participated in the activity or used the resource.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie environnementale
DEF

Somme qu'une personne serait prête à payer (ou qui devrait être payée en contrepartie) pour conserver la possibilité de participer à une activité ou d'utiliser une ressource à l'avenir, que cette personne participe un jour ou non à l'activité ou utilise un jour ou non la ressource.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía del medio ambiente
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Record 8 2006-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
  • Loans
  • Stock Exchange
DEF

Subordinated debt or capital note convertible into common stock at a future date. Conversion is required by the bond agreement and is not at the option of the bondholder. Mandatory convertible notes count toward Tier 2 capital and minimize the dilution effect of new issues on shareholder value, and interest paid on notes is tax deductible.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
  • Prêts et emprunts
  • Bourse
DEF

Obligation que le porteur est tenu de convertir en actions ordinaires de l'émetteur à une date de conversion déterminée ou avant, même si elle produit un meilleur rendement que celui des actions ordinaires sous-jacentes à la conversion, l'émetteur étant tenu de procéder, à l'échéance, à une émission d'actions pour le remboursement.

Spanish

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Record 9 2004-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Launchers (Astronautics)
CONT

Interest in hydrogen peroxide as an environmentally friendly, non-cryogenic propellant is increasing, especially since it has been made commercially available in high-concentration... form, which offers improved economics and performance efficiencies(more energy generation per unit volume). Its environmentally benign nature, combined with good storability, makes Propulse [TM] hydrogen peroxide an attractive option for future propulsion systems.

Key term(s)
  • noncryogenic propellant

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Lanceurs (Astronautique)

Spanish

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Record 10 1999-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
DEF

Option in which the underlying asset is a future.

OBS

future option : term and definition reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
DEF

Option dont l'actif sous-jacent est un contrat à terme.

OBS

Définition extraite du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduite avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inversiones
DEF

Opción cuyo activo subyacente es un futuro financiero.

OBS

opción sobre un futuro: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 11 1997-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
  • Pensions and Annuities
CONT

... the workers already in the workforce, who had contributed to the state [pension] system, were given the option of staying in the system even though we thought its future was problematic. Those who moved to the new system received what we call a "recognition bond", which acknowledges their contributions to the old system. When those workers retire, the government will cash the bonds. New workers have to go into the new private system because the old system is bankrupt.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
  • Pensions et rentes

Spanish

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Record 12 1996-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
CONT

A schematic diagram of a modular concrete canister disposal (MCCD) facility is shown in Figure 5.5. Modular concrete canister disposal consists of placing individual waste containers in modular concrete structures (i.e. overpacking the individual waste containers in concrete canisters) and disposing of the concrete canisters in shallow low trenches below natural grade. Except for the use of the concrete canisters, the physical details of belowground modular concrete canister disposal closely resemble those of shallow land disposal (in that disposal is below grade with shallow cover) and belowground vaults (in that structured capability is also provided by the facility).

CONT

Modular concrete canister disposal. Figure 11 shows the canister disposal option. Its main characteristics are that :. wastes are placed in concrete canisters that can then be placed either in shallow, below-grade trenches or above grade on a concrete pad;. there is a shallow earthen cover over the waste trenches containing the canisters(earth or soil may be mounded over the canisters in the above-ground version) ;. structural stability is provided by each canister;. the structure is modular in nature; and. safety may be enhanced in future by additional engineered barriers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Déchets nucléaires
OBS

Voir aussi «silo», «silo en béton» et «installation d'évacuation par silos de stockage modulaires en béton».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión de los desechos
  • Desechos nucleares
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Record 13 1995-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
CONT

Modular concrete canister disposal. Figure 11 shows the canister disposal option. Its main characteristics are that :. wastes are placed in concrete canisters that can then be placed either in shallow, below-grade trenches or above grade on a concrete pad;. there is a shallow earthen cover over the waste trenches containing the canisters(earth or soil may be mounded over the canisters in the above-ground version) ;. structural stability is provided by each canister;. the structure is modular in nature; and. safety may be enhanced in future by additional engineered barriers.

CONT

Quadricells - These are aboveground structures consisting of four cells in double-walled concrete. They are used primarily to store resins and occasionally to store highly active core components. These can be viewed as aboveground modular concrete canisters.

OBS

See also "modular concrete canister disposal (facility), "storage canister" and "concrete canister".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Déchets nucléaires

Spanish

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