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GENERAL CROSSING [3 records]

Record 1 2024-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
DEF

A form of check not employed in the United States but extensively used in England where it is recognized by law. Crossing is of two kinds, general and special. General crossing consists of drawing two parallel or transverse lines across the face of a check without the addition of any words.... If the name of the bank or banker is added in a crossing, however, the check... is known as a special crossing. When a check is crossed, generally the bank on which it is drawn may not pay it to any other party than to a bank, and when it is crossed specially, to no other than the banker specified in the crossing.

OBS

crossed check: term and text reproduced from The Encyclopedia of Banking and Finance, Tenth Edition (1993), by Glenn G. Munn, F.L. Garcia and Charles J. Woelfel, with the permission of the copyright holder, The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. In no event shall McGraw-Hill have any liability to any party for special, incidental, tort, or consequential damages arising out of or in connection with the use of this material.

OBS

crossed cheque: term reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
DEF

Chèque au recto duquel le tireur ou porteur a tracé deux barres parallèles dans le but d'en subordonner le paiement à l'intervention d'une banque ou d'un établissement assimilé.

OBS

En cas de perte, le chèque barré ne peut être encaissé que par l'intermédiaire d'un compte bancaire. Le tireur peut, en outre, inscrire entre les barres le nom de l'établissement bancaire qui seul pourra toucher le chèque. Dans certains pays, les formules de chèques pouvant être délivrées avec un «prébarrement», les chèques non barrés sont devenus l'exception. Par contre, le chèque barré n'est pas utilisé en Amérique du Nord.

OBS

chèque barré : terme extrait du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduit avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.

Key term(s)
  • chèque à barrement

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Operaciones bancarias
DEF

Aquel en que se trazan dos líneas paralelas en el anverso y que, por esa circunstancia sólo puede ser cobrado por una institución bancaria. El cruzamiento es general cuando no se consigna entre las líneas el nombre de un banco determinado y es especial en caso contrario.

OBS

talón cruzado: término extraído del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 2 2015-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soccer (Europe: Football)
DEF

In general, any player whose assigned position is the left or right instead of the center. But more specifically, refers to players whose job is to come into the attack by bringing the ball up the side line(i. e., the wings) and to send good crossing passes into the center.

CONT

Pure "wingers" aren’t used today as much as they used to be. "Wingers" used to be the wide forwards or midfielders (who were sometimes called "withdrawn wingers"). Wing midfielders are sometimes called "winghalfs" or "wingmids" & wing fullbacks are "wingbacks." Today, it is more common to use wingmids or wingbacks to come up to cross the ball than to have wing forwards. "Wingers" who bring the ball up the side are often very fast and excellent dribblers.

CONT

Williams is a speedy flank player who will provide service for the forwards.

OBS

winger; wing: There should be a distinction between "wing," the position, and "winger," the player, but most sources consider these terms synonyms to mean the player.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Soccer (Europe : football)
DEF

Joueur placé à l'aile droite ou gauche de la ligne d'attaque.

OBS

ailier; aile : Même si les sources donnent ces deux termes synonymes, il y aurait lieu de distinguer entre «ailier», le joueur («winger»), et «aile», la position qu'il occupe («wing»). Quand «aile» désigne le joueur, il est masculin; s'il signifie la position, il est féminin.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fútbol
OBS

extremo; puntero: posiciones de ataque.

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Record 3 2006-09-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mass Transit
  • Road Traffic
DEF

The crossing of traffic streams in the same general direction accomplished by merging and diverging.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transports en commun
  • Circulation routière
DEF

Forme d'écoulement sécant, constitué par la succession d'un écoulement convergent, d'un écoulement parallèle et d'un écoulement divergent.

OBS

entrecroisement : Terme et définition recommandés par l'OLF.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transporte público
  • Tránsito vial
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