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THRIFT [21 records]

Record 1 2019-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial Institutions
  • Saving and Consumption
CONT

... the Castleton Charity Organization Society, on New York's Staten Island, created a savings society for its clients in 1883.... the main objects gained... by the introduction of the savings society are two : first, the inculcation of thrift; and, second, the aid to friendly visitors which the society offers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Institutions financières
  • Épargne et consommation
DEF

Société [...] qui emprunte du public des fonds sous forme de dépôts, à des fins de prêts et de placements.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instituciones financieras
  • Ahorro y consumo
CONT

Una sociedad de ahorro dedujo recurso de casación en el fondo en contra de la sentencia de la Corte de Apelaciones de Santiago que rechazó un reclamo de ilegalidad interpuesto en contra de la Municipalidad de Providencia, que determinó que la recurrente se encontraba gravada con el pago de patente municipal.

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Record 2 2019-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Social Services and Social Work
  • Labour and Employment
OBS

C. C. O. A.(Corridor Community Options for Adults) is the adult service centre for C. C. O. S.(Corridor Community Options Society). It consists of a day program, and three social enterprises : Rick's Riches Thrift Store, wood products/kindling, and Hidden Treasures Cafe and Catering.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Services sociaux et travail social
  • Travail et emploi

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Sociology
  • Philosophy and Religion
OBS

BFM is a volunteer-driven, non-denominational Christian organization that operates thrift stores across Canada.... [They] aim to create a place where volunteers feel in community with one another and a place where people enjoy coming to help [them] in [their] mission.... Another focus is being good stewards of the earth God has given us. It is imperative that all... stores are environmentally conscious, and follow what is outlined in [their] "Green for the Gospel" platform... Another focus is generating funds for Bible League Canada. [Their] hope is that the BFM family, and the joint ministry between BFM Foundation(Canada) and Bible League Canada, will continue to aid in the distribution of Scripture into countries around the world.

Key term(s)
  • Bibles for Missions Foundation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Sociologie
  • Philosophie et religion
Key term(s)
  • Bibles for Missions Foundation

Spanish

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Record 4 2015-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Saving and Consumption
CONT

The "paradox of thrift" shows that an increase in thriftiness reduces already depressed income and, through induced effects on investment, may actually result in less net investment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épargne et consommation

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ahorro y consumo
OBS

Fue observada por J.M. Keynes, quien subrayó que una sociedad que ahorra en exceso puede empobrecerse, al hacer el bajo consumo insuficiente la demanda efectiva.

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Record 5 2015-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Saving and Consumption
  • Econometrics
CONT

... suppose tax rates are very high, so that revenues collected at full employment are very high relative to expenditure, the budget being overbalanced. Suppose... that the taxes fall most heavily on the relatively thrift less lower-income groups. Than the community's propensity-to-consume schedule will be a low one at every level of national income, including the full-employment level.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épargne et consommation
  • Économétrie

Spanish

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Record 6 2012-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Non-Governmental Provincial Programs (Canadian)
  • Education (General)
OBS

Thrift stores for low income families permitting them to get great discounts on essential school supplies. The program is run with the collaboration of over 20 agencies in the Outaouais region and many volunteers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes provinciaux non gouvernementaux canadiens
  • Pédagogie (Généralités)
OBS

Magasins-partage offerts à des familles à faible revenu leur permettant de se procurer à rabais des articles scolaires obligatoires pour la rentrée. Une vingtaines d’organismes communautaires de l’Outaouais ainsi qu plusieurs bénévoles collaborent à ce programme.

Spanish

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Record 7 2011-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
DEF

Depository financial institution whose primary function is promoting personal savings(thrift) and home ownership through mortgage lending. Thrift institutions hold most of their assets in mortgages and collect most of their deposits from consumers. Savings and Loan Associations, Savings Banks, and Credit Unions are all considered thrift institutions. Thrift institutions, at one time restricted to mortgage lending, have gained parity with commercial banks over the last 20 years and many thrifts offer the same range of nonmortgage credit services-credit cards, auto loans, home equity loans, and business loans-available from commercial banks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
CONT

Le terme générique «thrift institution» (institution d'épargne) est une réalité du système financier américain qui englobe les Credits Unions, les Savings Banks et les Savings and Loan Associations.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Operaciones bancarias
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Record 8 2011-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Husbandry
CONT

The cow should be in good body condition(BCS 6. 0) at calving which will result in a thrifty calf, and will increase the level of colostrum produced. This will improve general thrift of the calf throughout its early life. The growing calf should receive adequate nutrition to maintain a body condition of 5. 0-6. 0, which will result in an adequate weaning weight, but which will not result in an overly-fat heifer. Fat heifers have reduced milk production later in life and this condition should be avoided. While creep feeding is rarely ever recommended due to high cost and minimal returns, it is still done in some situations. This practice may result in excessively fat heifers and should be discouraged. The heifer needs to weigh at leat 450 lbs at 8 months to continue through the cycle and meet the target weights without needing a high level of nutrition.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des animaux

Spanish

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Record 9 2010-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
DEF

Assets which have properties resembling those of money in the strict sense.

CONT

... dollars in those forms are called near money, because, for most transactions, it is first necessary to convert them from near money to money.

OBS

[Near money] iIncludes savings deposits, time deposits, certificates of deposits, deposits in thrift institutions, etc.

Key term(s)
  • quasi money

French

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

Actifs financiers rapidement transformables en un moyen de paiement comme la monnaie, mais qui ne constituent pas eux-mêmes des instruments d'échange, par exemple les dépôts en compte d'épargne et les bons du Trésor.

CONT

[les] bons du Trésor à court terme [les] dépôts en caisse d'épargne [les] dépôts d'épargne ou à terme dans les banques [sont] réunis sous les vocables de quasi-monnaie [...]. [Ils] ne constituent pas de la monnaie, mais en sont très voisins [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Finanzas
  • Política monetaria y mercado de cambios
DEF

Referencia a ciertos depósitos bancarios, a plazo, que no son de liquidez inmediata, pero que suponen una segunda línea de disponibilidad en cuanto a medios de pago a disposición del público.

Key term(s)
  • cuasi dinero
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Record 10 2009-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
  • National and International Economics
  • Economic Doctrines, Systems and Policies
CONT

Non-chequable savings deposits were introduced by the chartered banks in May 1967 following the revision of the Bank Act.

CONT

The next widest definition of money supply, M-2, includes M-1B, nonchequing personal term and savings deposits and some corporate chequable and nonchequable notice deposits.

CONT

On demand you can withdraw currency from a noncheckable savings account at a commercial bank or thrift institution.

Key term(s)
  • non-chequeable
  • nonchequeable

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
  • Économie nationale et internationale
  • Doctrines, systèmes et politiques économiques
CONT

Les dépôts d'épargne non transférables par chèque ont été introduits par les banques à charte en mai 1967, à la suite de la révision de la Loi sur les banques.

CONT

[...] la création de comptes d'épargne à intérêt quotidien (avec ou sans tirage de chèques) a amené davantage de ménages à y déposer ou à y transférer leurs liquidités.

CONT

Ce compte d'épargne, sans privilège de chèques, vous permet d'accumuler du capital par versement unique ou par versements périodiques.

Spanish

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Record 11 2008-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Plumbaginaceae.

OBS

Athabasca thrift : Designated Threatened in April 1981. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2002. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Plumbaginaceae.

OBS

arméria de l'Athabasca : Espèce désignée « menacée » en avril 1981. Réexamen du statut : l'espèce a été désignée « préoccupante » en avril 1999. Réexamen et confirmation du statut en mai 2002. Dernière évaluation fondée sur un rapport de situation existant.

Spanish

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Record 12 2007-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Articles - Various (Manufacture)
  • Banking
DEF

Originally this referred to a china model pig with a slot for money, so that a person could save his farthings, halfpennies and pennies, for whatever purpose. Currently this describes any savings box, in whatever shape, that children are encouraged to use to teach them thrift. [Klein, Gerald. Dictionary of Banking. Pitman Publishing, 1995].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Petits articles divers (Fabrication)
  • Banque
DEF

Petit récipient percé d'une fente par où on introduit les pièces de monnaie.

Key term(s)
  • petit cochon tirelire
  • tirelire petit cochon

Spanish

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Record 13 2006-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Doctrines, Systems and Policies
OBS

[A] model... in which the state uses monetary policies to make sure that thriftiness does not lead to unemployment and abortive thrift...

Key term(s)
  • neo-classical growth model

French

Domaine(s)
  • Doctrines, systèmes et politiques économiques
OBS

néoclassique : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 14 2003-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Employment Benefits
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
  • Remuneration (Personnel Management)
CONT

Under savings and thrift plans, the overwhelming majority of workers are given the option of a lump-sum benefit payment at retirement.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Avantages sociaux
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
  • Rémunération (Gestion du personnel)

Spanish

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Record 15 2001-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Locks (Canals)
DEF

A device to save lockage water by means of providing closed storage capacity at the side/sides of a lock. This also reduces fluctuations of stage in the pools. The lock having such a provision is called "thrift lock".

CONT

During design, consideration of either adding an extra set of lower gates (to permit fractional chamber operation) or including a water-saving chamber (to permit saving a fraction of the water normally lost during emptying for use during filling) may be warranted. Neither has been feasible for CE locks. Staged-lifts (item 07) normally use less water than single-life locks at an expense in operating costs and transit time.

Key term(s)
  • basin for saving locking water

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écluses
DEF

Bassin situé à proximité d'une écluse et destiné à réduire la consommation d'eau à chaque éclusée en retenant, grâce à un système de vannes approprié, une partie de la vidange du sas pour la restituer lors du remplissage. (Chacune des écluses jumelles sert de bassin d'épargne à l'autre.)

Spanish

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Record 16 1998-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
CONT

Variables that receive ample statistical support as useful indicators of currency crises include declining international reserves, currency appreciation, credit growth, and increasing domestic inflation. Deterioration in trade balances, export performance, and real GDP growth are also statistically significant, as are increases in money growth, the ratio of broad money to gross international reserves, and the fiscal deficit.

OBS

Equivalent to M3, i. e. M2 plus the average of the beginning-and end-of-month deposits of non-bank thrift institutions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Finanzas
CONT

En una crisis económica el deterioro de la balanza comercial, el comportamiento de las exportaciones, el crecimiento de la base monetaria, la razón entre el dinero en sentido amplio y las reservas internacionales brutas, el crecimiento del PIB y el déficit fiscal son también estadísticamente significativos.

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Record 17 1986-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Aviation
CONT

Prime(entitlement) code-identifies in most cases the class of service. Most common prime codes are :... Y-Jet economy or coach, R-Supersonic, K-Jet thrift(USA)...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aviation commerciale
DEF

Qualifie une classe de transport aérien sur un appareil dépassant la vitesse du son.

Spanish

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Record 18 1986-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Modes of Transport (Tourism)
  • Commercial Aviation
CONT

Prime(entitlement) code-identifies in most cases the class of service. Most common prime codes are :... Y-Jet economy or coach; R-Supersonic; K-Jet thrift(USA)...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moyens de transport (Tourisme)
  • Aviation commerciale
DEF

Catégorie de transport sur un vol supersonique.

Spanish

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Record 19 1981-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • National and International Economics
  • Saving and Consumption
OBS

By a simple "neoclassical growth model" is meant one in which the state uses monetary policies to make sure that thriftiness does not lead to unemployment and abortive thrift(...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie nationale et internationale
  • Épargne et consommation

Spanish

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Record 20 1981-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economics
OBS

Discuss the emotional content of the following words : regimentation, planning, usury, monopolist, gambling, speculation, American way of life, free enterprise, cartels, thrift, hoarding.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économique

Spanish

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Record 21 1981-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Saving and Consumption
OBS

It may be that under conditions of perfect certainty, persistent thrift can lead to no floor for interest except that of zero.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épargne et consommation

Spanish

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