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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A unit for measuring mass that is equal to approximately 454 grams.  7, record 1, English, - pound

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In the avoirdupois system, ... in a general use in English-speaking countries, one pound equals 16 ounces (about 454 g). In the troy system, used for precious metals and gems, one pound equals 12 troy ounces (about 373 g).  8, record 1, English, - pound

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1 kg = 2.205 pounds avoirdupois.  9, record 1, English, - pound

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pound: The plural forms are "pounds" and "pound" (especially when used collectively).  7, record 1, English, - pound

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lb.; lb: used as singular or collective plural abbreviations.  7, record 1, English, - pound

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lbs.; lbs: used as plural abbreviations.  7, record 1, English, - pound

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pound : A measure of weight and mass derived from the ancient Roman "libra"(=327. 25 grams), but very [often] modified in the course of ages in different countries, and... used for different classes of things; in Great Britain, now fixed for use in trade by a Parliamentary standard. Denoted by "lb. "(Latin "libra"). Formerly used without change in the pl., a usage still sometimes retained after a numeral, esp. dial. and colloq., also in comb. as "a five pound note, ""a twenty pound shot. "This pound consisted originally of 12 ounces, corresponding more or less to that of troy weight, which contains 5760 grains=373. 26 grams. This is still used by goldsmiths and jewellers in stating the weight of gold, silver, and precious stones, but as early as the thirteenth or fourteenth century, a pound of sixteen ounces was in use for more bulky commodities. This was made a standard for general purposes of trade by Edward III, and known as the pound "aveir de peis, "i. e. of merchandise of weight, now called "avoirdupois. "This pound of 16 ounces, containing 7000 grains=453. 6 grams, has been since 1826 the only legal pound for buying or selling any commodity in Great Britain. In former times, the pound varied locally from 12 to 27 ounces, according to the commodity, pounds of different weight being often used in the same place for different articles such as bread, butter, cheese, meat, malt, hay, wool... The Scotch pound of 16 ounces of Troy or Dutch Weight consisted of 7608. 9496 grains; the Tron pound kept at Edinburgh=9622. 67 grains. "Pound" is also used to translate foreign names of weights, of cognate origin or representatives of Latin "libra. "These vary greatly : in Italy, between 300 and 350 grams, in Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands and some German states, between 459 and 469 grams, and in other German states, Denmark, etc., between 477 and 510. 22 grams. But the standard German "Pfund" is now 500 grams, i. e. half a kilogram.  10, record 1, English, - pound

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With regard to the pound, the values currently in use are: 1 imperial standard pound = 0.453 592 338 kgm. [kilogram]; 1 Canadian pound = 0.453 592 43 kgm.; 1 United States pound = 0.453 592 4277 kgm.  10, record 1, English, - pound

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Unité de poids anglo-saxonne valant 16 onces ou environ 0,454 kg.  6, record 1, French, - livre

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lb : Le symbole s'écrit sans point et sans «s» au pluriel (1 lb, 20 lb).  6, record 1, French, - livre

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Cette unité a déjà été utilisée en France, et son poids variait, selon les provinces, entre 380 et 550 grammes. Aujourd'hui le mot «livre» est utilisé pour désigner un demi-kilogramme. Exemples : Acheter une livre de beurre, de fraises, de café, de sucre. Demi-livre, quart de livre. Une livre et demie. Haltère de trente livres. Le Canada a officiellement adopté le système métrique; l'emploi du mot «livre», dans le sens strict de l'unité de mesure anglo-saxonne équivalant à 0,454 kg, subsiste encore, mais est appelé à disparaître.  7, record 1, French, - livre

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Le Canada a officiellement adopté le système métrique en 1970. Les unités métriques (grammes, kilogrammes, centimètres, mètres, kilomètres, litres, etc.) remplacent les traditionnelles unités impériales également utilisées par les États-Unis (livre, pouces, pieds, verges, milles, pintes, etc.). Cependant, la résistance de son principal partenaire commercial, les États-Unis, à l'adoption du système métrique, ainsi que la résistance dans la population au nouveau système ont fait que le Canada vit toujours, en 2014, avec les deux systèmes, le Système international (SI) et le système impérial. Au Canada, la livre de 0,454 kg, par exemple, demeure d'usage courant dans le commerce, notamment pour les denrées alimentaires.  6, record 1, French, - livre

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

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Growing international trade, and freer trade in a world more susceptible to political and economic irregularities, require larger liquid reserves for countries to hold as protection against swings in their balance of payments ...  1, record 2, English, - liquid%20reserve

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liquid reserve; liquidity reserve: terms usually used in the plural.  4, record 2, English, - liquid%20reserve

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for "liquidity reserve" : America's gold drain long covered up...(c) long-run liquidity shortage of reserves in a world where foreign trade grows at 7 or 8 per cent per year...  1, record 2, English, - liquid%20reserve

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

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Macroeconomic indicators characterize the level of economic development and indicate either economic growth or a decline. They are also used for price tendency forecasting purposes.  3, record 3, English, - macroeconomic%20variable

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The main macroeconomic indicators are : consumer credit, consumer price index(CPI), current account balance, export, gold and foreign currency reserves, gross domestic product(GDP), import, industrial production, producer price index(PPI), retail, trade balance and unemployment rate.  3, record 3, English, - macroeconomic%20variable

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

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Au nombre des indicateurs macroéconomiques pertinents figurent les données sur la croissance [économique], les tendances de la balance des paiements, le niveau et la volatilité de l'inflation, les taux d'intérêt et de change, l'augmentation du crédit et les variations du prix des actifs [...]  2, record 3, French, - variable%20macro%C3%A9conomique

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macroéconomique : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).  3, record 3, French, - variable%20macro%C3%A9conomique

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

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Entre los indicadores macroeconómicos pertinentes, figuran los datos sobre el crecimiento [económico], las tendencias de la balanza de pagos, el nivel y la inestabilidad de la inflación, las tasas de interés y los tipos de cambio, el aumento del crédito y la variación de los precios de los activos [...]  1, record 3, Spanish, - indicador%20macroecon%C3%B3mico

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A term that some would reserve for fine or 24 karat gold for the reason that an admixture of copper, silver or other elements results in a metal that is not solidly, or purely, gold. However, in an advisory opinion dated June 13, 1967, the Federal Trade Commission held that "solid gold" may be used to describe articles that do not have a hollow center and that have a fineness of 10 karat or more.  2, record 4, English, - solid%20gold

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

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En or massif, se dit de tout article fait de métal plein et dont l'or est d'une pureté de 10 carats ou plus.  2, record 4, French, - or%20massif

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Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Managed future can be defined as the investing in future contracts by professional future traders who trade in global futures markets, as either buyers or sellers of real assets such as gold, silver, wheat, corn, crude oil and natural gas.  1, record 5, English, - managed%20future

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Les contrats à terme gérés font référence à la négociation systématique ou discrétionnaire de contrats à termes par des opérateurs professionnels qui interviennent sur les marchés à terme mondiaux, en tant qu'acheteurs ou vendeurs de contrats représentant des marchandises comme l'or, l'argent, le blé, le maïs, le café, le sucre et le mazout ou des actifs financiers comme les obligations d'État, les indices boursiers et les devises [...] Le contrat à terme est un accord par lequel l'investisseur s'engage à acheter ou à vendre une quantité fixe d'un bien à une date spécifique et à un prix déterminé.  1, record 5, French, - contrat%20%C3%A0%20terme%20g%C3%A9r%C3%A9

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Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The amount of gold, reserve currencies and special drawing rights available to finance international trade.  2, record 6, English, - international%20liquidity

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

[...] moyens de paiement dont disposent les banques centrales pour régler les soldes des échanges internationaux.  2, record 6, French, - liquidit%C3%A9%20internationale

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[Les liquidités internationales] sont constituées par des instruments monétaires ou par des instruments de crédit [...] Les instruments monétaires [...] comprennent : - l'or et les avoirs en devises [...] - les droits de tirages spéciaux sur le F.M.I. [Fonds monétaire international].  2, record 6, French, - liquidit%C3%A9%20internationale

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Cantidad de medios de pago líquidos disponibles en un determinado momento en el sistema monetario internacional.  2, record 6, Spanish, - liquidez%20internacional

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liquidez internacional: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.  3, record 6, Spanish, - liquidez%20internacional

Record 7,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The net change in a nation's foreign assets and liabilities, including monetary gold stocks, arising out of current trade, income on foreign investment, and cash gifts and contributions.  2, record 7, English, - net%20foreign%20investment

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... net foreign investment ... has to be added to net domestic investment to arrive at the total of investment.  3, record 7, English, - net%20foreign%20investment

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

Record 7,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 8,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT

[Industry Canada has been] making recommendations to the U. S. Federal Trade Commission during public reviews of its consumer protection rules on the marking for the gold, silver and platinum content of jewellery...  1, record 8, English, - marking%20for%20the%20gold%20content

Record 8,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT

[Industrie Canada] a formulé des recommandations à l'intention de la Federal Trade Commission des États-Unis au cours des examens publics de ses règlements sur la protection des consommateurs quant au poinçonnage de la teneur en or, en argent ou en platine des bijoux [...]  1, record 8, French, - poin%C3%A7onnage%20de%20la%20teneur%20en%20or

Record 8,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 9,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 CONT

[Industry Canada has been] making recommendations to the U. S. Federal Trade Commission during public reviews of its consumer protection rules on the marking for the gold, silver and platinum content of jewellery...  1, record 9, English, - marking%20for%20the%20platinum%20content

Record 9,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 CONT

[Industrie Canada] a formulé des recommandations à l'intention de la Federal Trade Commission des États-Unis au cours des examens publics de ses règlements sur la protection des consommateurs quant au poinçonnage de la teneur en or, en argent ou en platine des bijoux [...]  1, record 9, French, - poin%C3%A7onnage%20de%20la%20teneur%20en%20platine

Record 9,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 10,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 CONT

[Industry Canada has been] making recommendations to the U. S. Federal Trade Commission during public reviews of its consumer protection rules on the marking for the gold, silver and platinum content of jewellery...  1, record 10, English, - marking%20for%20the%20silver%20content

Record 10,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 CONT

[Industrie Canada] a formulé des recommandations à l'intention de la Federal Trade Commission des États-Unis au cours des examens publics de ses règlements sur la protection des consommateurs quant au poinçonnage de la teneur en or, en argent ou en platine des bijoux [...]  1, record 10, French, - poin%C3%A7onnage%20de%20la%20teneur%20en%20argent

Record 10,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 11,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 OBS

America's gold drain long covered up(...)(c) long-run liquidity shortage of reserves in a world where foreign trade grows at 7 or 8 per cent per year while gold from mines grows at barely 2 per cent(...)  1, record 11, English, - liquidity%20shortage%20of%20reserves

Record 11,  Textual support,  French

Record 11,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 12,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The two-tier system works well, but it is only a halfway house, a stopgap arrangement. The frozen and limited total of official gold would soon put a throttle on the expansion of total world trade were it not for the new plan adopted by the IMP [the International Monetary Fund] to create "paper gold" in the form of Special Drawing Rights(...)  1, record 12, English, - expansion%20of%20world%20trade

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Record 12,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 13,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Our net balance on current account comes from adjusting our merchandise trade balance for "invisible" service items and taking into account our unilateral government aid programs. It and long-term capital movements constitute the "basic deficit" which must be offset by short-term capital movement and shipments of gold and reserve assets.  1, record 13, English, - basic%20deficit

Record 13,  Textual support,  French

Record 13,  Textual support,  Spanish