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CAPITAL RATIONING [3 records]

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Record 1 2004-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • National and International Economics
DEF

Effect of directly distributing scarce merchandise between consumers at prices, quantities and conditions set by the authorities. As the laws of supply and demand do not apply the appearance of a black market is probable.

OBS

rationing : term and definition reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie nationale et internationale
DEF

Effet de distribuer des produits, dont la quantité est limitée, de façon directe entre les consommateurs selon les prix, les quantités et les conditions établies par l'autorité. Étant donné que les lois de l'offre et de la demande n'ont pas d'effet, l'apparition du marché noir est prévisible.

OBS

rationnement : terme et définition extraits du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduits avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía nacional e internacional
DEF

Efecto de distribuir mercancías escasas de forma directa entre los consumidores a los precios, cantidades y condiciones establecidas por la autoridad. Al no actuar las leyes de la oferta y la demanda es previsible la aparición del mercado negro.

OBS

racionamiento: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 2 1996-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
DEF

The existence of a constraint or limitation on the total amount of borrowing or capital expenditures that can be undertaken by management in any period.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
DEF

Contraintes portant sur les sommes à affecter à l'acquisition d'immobilisations, imposées par la direction lors de l'établissement du budget des investissements.

Spanish

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Record 3 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Planning

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planification économique

Spanish

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