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MILEAGE CAR [5 records]

Record 1 2015-10-30

English

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

Anyone involved in a motor vehicle accident... is entitled to certain benefits, unless they were driving a car that they owned with no insurance. Pedestrians, bicyclists, and may be even motor cyclists are entitled to no-fault benefits. These benefits include payment of medical expenses, lost wages household replacement services, attendant care and mileage reimbursement for travel related to medical care.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
OBS

On rencontre aussi «indemnité sans égard à la responsabilité».

OBS

indemnité sans égard à la faute : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
DEF

A credit card for the members of a group who share a well-defined common interest, the card entitling the bearer to discounts or other financial or travel benefits.

CONT

... those benefiting from frequent-flyer programs will be able to build mileage bonuses by using affinity credit cards for purchases of merchandise, as well as for spending at hotels and car rental agencies. Whenever such a card is used, the buyer automatically gets free mileage credit with the airline linked to the card-issuing company.

Key term(s)
  • affinity group card

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
DEF

Carte de crédit assortie d'une entente promotionnelle avec un organisme affilié (souvent un organisme de bienfaisance ou sans but lucratif). Le logo du groupe en question figure sur la carte et le groupe reçoit généralement un pourcentage des ventes effectuées au moyen de la carte.

OBS

au pluriel : cartes affinité.

Spanish

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Record 3 1994-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Criminology
DEF

(of a car) whose mileage has been fraudulently lowered.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Criminologie

Spanish

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Record 4 1992-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Pricing (Rail Transport)
  • Freight Service (Rail Transport)
OBS

Within the Transportation Department, a section whose primary function is the administration of the car hire account. The car hire account includes the payment(a) of all car hire earned including reclaims and incentive car hire to foreign roads for the use of their equipment operating on line;(b) of all private car mileage earned to car owners for covered hoppers, refrigerator cars, tank cars(including the maintenance of the equalization account), etc. ;(c) of rental charges on all the equipment leased on a long or short term basis. In addition, Car Accounting ensures that foreign lines pay the home road the car hire due on its equipment. Car Accounting also issues the bills against individual firms for car hire expenses when the equipment is used for in-plant service or other purposes, as the use of scale test cars for private scale testing. Car Accounting provides running records on request, processes claims, etc.

OBS

Term officially approved by Canadian Pacific Ltd.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Tarification (Transport par rail)
  • Trafic marchandises (Transport par rail)
OBS

Au sein du service Transport, section dont la fonction essentielle est d'administrer le compte des redevances d'utilisation et de location des wagons. Ce compte inclut le paiement (a) de toutes les redevances d'utilisation de wagons, des remboursements et des tarifs d'encouragement aux réseaux étrangers pour l'usage de leurs wagons sur un autre réseau; (b) des redevances de parcours de wagons de particuliers aux propriétaires de wagons-trémies couverts, de wagons frigorifiques ou réfrigérants, de wagons-citernes (y compris la tenue du compte de régularisation), etc.; (c) des redevances de location pour le matériel pris à bail à court ou à long terme. De plus, la Comptabilité des wagons s'occupe de percevoir des réseaux étrangers les redevances d'utilisation de wagons dont son propre réseau est propriétaire ou locataire. Elle impute également des redevances d'utilisation aux entreprises privées qui emploient des wagons de son réseau pour leur service interne ou à d'autres fins, comme l'étalonnage des ponts-bascules privés par des véhicules-étalons. La Comptabilité des wagons fournit des rapports courants sur demande, traite les réclamations, etc.

OBS

Terme uniformisé par Canadien Pacifique Ltée.

Spanish

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Record 5 1992-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rail Transport Operations
  • Pricing (Rail Transport)
  • Freight Service (Rail Transport)
DEF

Any mileage accumulated by a private car which is over and above the shortest distance between two points.

OBS

Term officially approved by Canadian Pacific Ltd.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation (Transport par rail)
  • Tarification (Transport par rail)
  • Trafic marchandises (Transport par rail)
DEF

Nombre de milles parcourus par un wagon de particulier, en sus de la plus courte distance entre deux points.

OBS

Terme uniformisé par Canadien Pacifique Ltée.

Spanish

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