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Record 1 2006-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Law
  • Air Pollution
CONT

Policies to accelerate the rate of capital stock turnover in automobile and aircraft fleets may be the quickest way to reduce the short-term rate of emissions growth... Rewards can be offered for retiring older vehicles and airplanes that do not meet current national emissions standards, or small environmental "user fees" can be imposed, with the fees proportional to the vehicle's energy consumption.

OBS

Term usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • national emissions standards

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit environnemental
  • Pollution de l'air
CONT

La manière la plus rapide de freiner la croissance des émissions à court terme est peut-être d'accélérer le renouvellement du parc automobile et de la flotte aérienne [...] Des incitations financières pourraient encourager le retrait de la circulation des véhicules anciens et des avions qui ne satisfont plus aux normes nationales d'émissions, l'autre solution consistant à imposer de modestes - « redevances d'utilisation » environnementales, celles-ci étant proportionnelles à la consommation d'énergie du véhicule.

OBS

Termes habituellement utilisés au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • normes nationales d'émission
  • normes nationales d'émissions

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-10-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Informatics
DEF

Part of the central memory of a computer that is available for user programmes.

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Informatique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
  • Informática
DEF

Parte de la memoria central de un ordenador disponible para los programas de usuario.

OBS

Esta área contrasta con las áreas reservadas que contienen compiladores, información sobre pistas y sectores, etc., y sobre las cuales no se puede escribir.

OBS

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

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Record 3 2001-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organization Planning
DEF

The resources and authorities given to an organization to carry out activities, produce outputs and accomplish results. Resources include such items as tax dollars, user fees, transfers, human resources, capital and information.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planification d'organisation
DEF

Ressources et autorisations accordées à une organisation pour exécuter des activités, produire des extrants et atteindre des résultats. Les ressources comprennent des éléments tels que les recettes fiscales, les droits d'utilisation, les transferts, les ressources humaines, le capital et l'information.

OBS

Terminologie utilisée dans les rapports ministériels sur le rendement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Planificación de organización
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Record 4 1997-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Conference Titles
  • Investment
OBS

Speech given at the conference on Capital Market Issues, January 31 and February 1, 1996, Toronto, Ontario.

OBS

Source : Conference program.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de conférences
  • Investissements et placements
OBS

Discours prononcé lors de la conférence sur les Enjeux des marchés financiers. Les 31 janvier et 1ier février 1996, Toronto, Ontario.

OBS

Source : Programme de la conférence.

Spanish

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Record 5 1991-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Economics
CONT

Coal liquefaction : Calculation of process economics. The report "Development of computer package for the calculation of direct coal liquefaction process economics" describes the work carried out by the British Coal Corporation under contract to the Commission of the European Communities.... The system also provides a framework for the user to develop economic information, including capital and operating costs, for the process of interest. In addition, it enables the user to carry out parametric studies on the effects on process economics of altering process variables or the assumptions used in defining the thermodynamic performance of the process. [Erdol and Kohle, "Erdgas", Petrochemie : Hydrocarbon Technology, May 1990, V. 43, p. 175(1])

OBS

Information from bibliographic data base.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie de l'entreprise

Spanish

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Record 6 1988-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Production (Economics)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
CONT

The conventional factory is no longer seen as a generator of costs and user of capital, but as a crucial strategic resource. In the area of production planning and scheduling, the approach has progressed from cost optimization in the late 1940s into the 1960s, to requirement planning in the early 1970s to just-in-time(JIT) scheduling today.

Key term(s)
  • optimization of costs

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production (Économie)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
CONT

On décrit les possibilités d'utilisation de systèmes de gestion d'énergie assistés par micro-ordinateur pour l'optimisation des coûts énergétiques dans les cimenteries.

Key term(s)
  • optimisation du coût

Spanish

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Record 7 1988-09-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Product (Marketing)
  • Types of Trade Goods
  • Economics
DEF

Long-lived, expensive, major industrial capital goods that directly affect the scale of operation of an industrial user.

Key term(s)
  • installation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Produit (Commercialisation)
  • Types d'objets de commerce
  • Économique
OBS

constituent l'équipement principal de l'entreprise (convertisseur dans une aciérie, réacteur dans une centrale nucléaire (...) équipements spécifiques à prix élevé.

Key term(s)
  • bien d'équipement principal

Spanish

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Record 8 1987-01-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
CONT

The users of capital are individuals, businesses and governments.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
CONT

Les utilisateurs de capitaux sont les particuliers, les entreprises et les gouvernements.

Spanish

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