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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2025-11-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation
  • Production (Economics)
  • Industries - General
CONT

To boost productivity and attract investment, [the] government is introducing a productivity super-deduction—a set of enhanced tax incentives covering all new capital investment that allows businesses to write off a larger share of the cost of these investments right away.

OBS

productivity super-deduction: deduction announced in the 2025 federal budget.

Key term(s)
  • productivity superdeduction

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiscalité
  • Production (Économie)
  • Industries - Généralités
CONT

Pour stimuler la productivité et attirer des investissements, le [...] gouvernement du Canada crée une superdéduction à la productivité, un ensemble d'incitatifs fiscaux bonifiés visant l'ensemble des nouveaux investissements en capital. Cette mesure permettra aux entreprises d'amortir immédiatement une plus grande partie du coût de leurs nouveaux investissements.

OBS

superdéduction à la productivité : déduction annoncée dans le budget fédéral de 2025.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistema tributario
  • Producción (Economía)
  • Industrias - Generalidades
CONT

[...] el presupuesto propone una medida fiscal de superdeducción por productividad que permitirá a las empresas amortizar con mayor rapidez una mayor proporción de sus inversiones de capital.

OBS

superdeducción por productividad: deducción anunciada en el presupuesto federal de Canadá de 2025.

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Record 2 2014-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remuneration (Personnel Management)
  • Economics
  • Taxation
DEF

A reward system to encourage someone to do something.

CONT

For example, if the government wants the public to save more, it can make interest on savings income-tax free;... if it wants industry to speed up investment plans, it can introduce an investment tax credit; if it wants industry to increase research and development, it can let industry write off the costs at a faster rate.... Direct grants can also be used as incentives. Likewise, companies can provide an incentive for employees through pay increases based on merit, rewards for sales, and profit sharing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rémunération (Gestion du personnel)
  • Économique
  • Fiscalité
DEF

Moyen utilisé pour encourager une personne à agir dans un sens déterminé, par exemple les subventions publiques, les divers encouragements fiscaux et les primes de rendement versées au personnel en vue d'augmenter le dynamisme et la productivité de celui-ci.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Remuneración (Gestión del personal)
  • Economía
  • Sistema tributario
DEF

Fórmula de retribución que de modo complementario se asigna a una persona, caracterizada fundamentalmente porque su importe depende directamente de que la actuación de aquélla resulte más o menos eficaz.

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Record 3 2008-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transportation Insurance
OBS

write off : term found in the context of public auto insurance uniformity in New Brunswick.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Assurance transport
OBS

déclarer perte totale : terme retrouvé dans le contexte de l'uniformisation de l'assurance automobile publique au Nouveau-Brunswick.

Spanish

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Record 4 1996-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Accounting
  • Government Accounting
CONT

You prepare a Supplementary Estimates submission in order to seek additional funding for new Programs approved by Cabinet, write off or forgive a debt...

Key term(s)
  • write-off a debt
  • writeoff a debt

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité
  • Comptabilité publique

Spanish

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Record 5 1994-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bankruptcy
  • Economics
  • Phraseology
CONT

The Kloeckner group's steel units, with debts of $US 1. 7 billion, filed for protection form its creditors in December and began negotiations to write off 60 per cent of its debts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Faillites
  • Économique
  • Phraséologie
CONT

Les unités de production d'acier du groupe Kloeckner, avec des dettes totalisant 1,7 milliard de dollars US, ont dû se résoudre à demander la protection de leurs créanciers en décembre et ont commencé à négocier la radiation de 60 pour cent de leurs dettes.

Spanish

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Record 6 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
  • Language Problems
OBS

to write off one-quarter of the amount of any such loan expended on work done before April/63 the amount expended in building les montants dépensés pour la construction

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
  • Problèmes de langue
OBS

à défalquer le quart du montant de tout emprunt de ce genre qui servira à faire les frais de travaux exécutés avant avril/63 (dans discours du trône)

Spanish

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