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GOLD COVER [12 records]

Record 1 2012-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
OBS

Compare with "gold cover".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
DEF

Avoirs en métal étalon ou en devises assimilées à ce métal (monnaies de réserve) détenus par une banque d'émission pour assurer le remboursement des émissions fiduciaires en billets. À l'origine, ce taux était fixé par la loi, mais cette obligation a été supprimée dans la plupart des pays.

OBS

La couverture légale est généralement de 25, 30, 33 ou 40 % au minimum.

OBS

En pratique on emploie souvent l'expression «couverture(-)or» comme synonyme de «couverture monétaire».

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coining
  • Coins and Bank Notes
DEF

To cover or coat with a thin layer of gold, gold leaf, or a gold-coloured substance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Monnayage
  • Pièces de monnaie et billets de banque

Spanish

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Record 3 2006-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Works of Art
  • Fine Arts (General)
OBS

The sitter was Receiver-General and gave the artist assistance in securing payment for pictures painted for Prince Ferdinand Henry. The etching contains extraordinary detail, the scales for weighing gold, the carpet used to cover the table, and the sitter lavishly dressed in fur and velvet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres d'œuvres d'art
  • Beaux-arts (Généralités)
Key term(s)
  • Jan Uytenbogaert, Receveur général «Le Peseur d'or»

Spanish

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Record 4 2001-05-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
CONT

GOLD RESERVE. The gold held by central banks and Governments, which is available for [1]... ;[2] gold cover [or backing], if any, for domestic money in circulation; [3]....

OBS

gold cover : 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.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
DEF

Couverture, exprimée en pour cent, des billets en circulation par l'or en dépôt à l'institut d'émission.

Key term(s)
  • couverture monétaire
  • couverture-or

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Política monetaria y mercado de cambios
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Record 5 1996-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forwarding, Folding, and Binding (Printing)
DEF

The stamping of a design or lettering on a book cover with a gold leaf.

OBS

When gold stamping is done by machine, the more specific term, "gold blocking" is preferred.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Façonnage, pliage et reliure (Imprimerie)
DEF

Décoration du plat ou du dos d'un livre pour y empreindre une feuille d'or.

OBS

L'estampage à l'or peut se faire à la main ou à la machine.

Spanish

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Record 6 1996-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forwarding, Folding, and Binding (Printing)
DEF

The pressing of a design, with heated tools applied by hand, upon a gold leaf which is laid on the cover of a book.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Façonnage, pliage et reliure (Imprimerie)
DEF

Décoration du plat ou du dos d'un livre par estampage au fer chaud et à l'or. La dorure comprend l'application du glaire, la couchure de l'or et l'impression des fers à chaud.

Spanish

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Record 7 1996-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forwarding, Folding, and Binding (Printing)
DEF

The stamping of a design on a book cover by using a gold leaf and a press equipped with a heated die or block.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Façonnage, pliage et reliure (Imprimerie)
DEF

Décoration du plat ou du dos d'un livre qui se fait sur la presse à dorer, machine qui estampe et gaufre l'extérieur du matériau de recouvrement pour y empreindre une feuille d'or.

Spanish

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Record 8 1996-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forwarding, Folding, and Binding (Printing)
DEF

In hand bookbinding, the use of heated tools to impress a design on the cover of a book without the use of gold, ink or foil. The tools are pressed into the leather by hand.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Façonnage, pliage et reliure (Imprimerie)
DEF

Décoration de la couverture d'un livre qui se fait à chaud sans or, ni encre, avec des fers à dorer.

OBS

L'expression «à froid» signifie «sans or».

Spanish

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Record 9 1988-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Investment
CONT

The Montreal Exchange's IOCC platinum options and gold options cover ten ounces of the underlying precious metals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Investissements et placements
CONT

Les options IOCC sur le platine et sur l'or de la Bourse de Montréal couvrent chacune dix onces du métal sous-jacent.

Spanish

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Record 10 1986-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forwarding, Folding, and Binding (Printing)
DEF

The stamping of a design or lettering on a book cover with a gold leaf.

OBS

When gold stamping is done by machine, the more specific term, "gold blocking" is preferred.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Façonnage, pliage et reliure (Imprimerie)
DEF

Décoration du plat ou du dos d'un livre pour y empreindre une feuille d'or.

OBS

L'estampage à l'or peut se faire à la main ou à la machine.

Spanish

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Record 11 1982-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Finishing
OBS

Gold Coat Roller Set includes :gold coat roller cover, deluxe slip-on roller frame, mini trim pad, metal paint tray. Recommended for all paints on smooth surfaces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finitions (Construction)
OBS

Nécessaire "Gold Coat" comprenant: monture de luxe, manchon, petit tampon pour bordures, plateau en métal. Pour surfaces lisses et tout genre de peinture.

Spanish

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Record 12 1981-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
CONT

Since our gold hemorrhage provided a gold infusion to the Common Market countries and the rest of the world generally, the problem of dollar disequilibrium served inadvertently to cover up and divert attention for a time from the long-run inadequacy of gold.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes

Spanish

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