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DIME [22 records]

Record 1 2025-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Defence Planning and Military Doctrine
  • Special-Language Phraseology
OBS

diplomatic, informational, military or economic; DIME : designations officially approved by the Joint Terminology Panel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Doctrine militaire et planification de défense
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
OBS

diplomatique, informationnel, militaire et économique; DIME : désignations uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie interarmées.

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Shooting (Sports)
CONT

plink : to shoot at random targets(you’ll probably do plenty of plinking and informal target shooting... people who plink with anything from a dime store bow and arrow to handmade equipment...). To shoot at esp. in a casual manner(like boys plinking cans from a riverbank...)

CONT

Plinking describes informal fun shooting such as might occur in a warm summer afternoon in an unoccupied gravel pit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tir (Sports)

Spanish

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Record 3 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

half dime : an item in the "Exchange Media" class of the "Communication Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

pièce de cinq cents en argent : objet de la classe «Support d'échange» de la catégorie «Objets de communication».

Spanish

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Record 4 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

dime : an item in the "Exchange Media" class of the "Communication Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

pièce de dix cents : objet de la classe «Support d'échange» de la catégorie «Objets de communication».

Spanish

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Record 5 2016-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

All shrews are small : Savi's pigmy shrew(Suncus etruscus) of the Mediterranean region and Africa or Malaga is perhaps the world's smallest mammal... it may weight only two grams...-less than a U. S. dime.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 6 2014-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation
CONT

Your dollar-a-day donation has the strength of dedicated volunteers behind it, ensuring every dime is spent to benefit our students.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiscalité
CONT

[...] la paroisse de l’Ascension, dans le diocèse de l’Est de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, a invité ses membres à faire don d’un dollar par jour pendant 50 jours « à la mémoire des victimes et en signe d’appui à cette communauté qui a été dévastée », indique un message de la paroisse.

Spanish

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Record 7 2007-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coins and Bank Notes
  • Numismatics
OBS

The common reference to the ten-cent coin of Canada or the United States.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pièces de monnaie et billets de banque
  • Numismatique
DEF

Pièce canadienne valant dix cents.

CONT

Échanger une pièce de vingt-cinq cents pour une de dix cents et trois de cinq cents.

Spanish

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Record 8 2006-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Games of Chance
DEF

One thousand dollars.

CONT

A dime is $1000.

CONT

Frank put a dime on the Ladybugs to win the MLS Cup.

CONT

I guess I have to thank the Lord it’s not a purple chip -- a $500 chip -- or a yellow chip -- a $1,000 chip.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux de hasard
CONT

Jeton jaune : 1 000$.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Juegos de azar
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Record 9 2006-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
  • Electronic Commerce
  • Banking
DEF

An electronic payment mechanism that gives a content or service provider a small payment of approximately a tenth of a penny to a dime.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
  • Commerce électronique
  • Banque
DEF

Mode de paiement électronique permettant l'échange d'informations ou de services à valeur minime allant d'un dixième de cent jusqu'à dix cents.

OBS

Ce type de paiement permet l'échange d'informations ou de services à valeur minime comme par exemple : accès à des services d'information à la pièce, jeux, recherche dans les bases de données spécialisées, etc.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Seguridad de IT
  • Comercio electrónico
  • Operaciones bancarias
DEF

Método de pago por Internet a un proveedor de contenido o de servicio para remuneraciones muy pequeñas como desde un décimo de un centavo hasta diez centavos.

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Record 10 2002-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Games of Chance
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
DEF

In pari-mutuel payoffs which are rounded out to a nickel or dime, those pennies that are left over.

CONT

Breakage represents the amount remaining based on odds computations and the fractional rounding of paying, gross wagers, and may typically be retained by the house. Breakage amounts are therefore greatly dependent on the number of wagers that ’hit’, or paying wagers, and can, therefore, vary significantly from event to event.

CONT

Breakage is generally split between the track and state and, in some cases, breeding or other funds, in varying proportions.

OBS

Horse racing term.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux de hasard
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
OBS

Termes de courses de chevaux.

Spanish

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Record 11 2002-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Phraseology
CONT

They nickel and dime every treatment to death.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie
CONT

Ils exigent de l'argent pour chaque traitement; ils font payer les patients pour chaque traitement.

Spanish

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Record 12 2001-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
  • Copyright
OBS

... that many music execs have waged a war against MP3, citing piracy concerns. MP3 has become popular among online CD pirates, who trade songs online and burn their own CDs with relatively cheap hardware, without paying the record companies a dime. As a result, most record companies refuse to adopt MP3 as a standard and limit their online distribution to singles.

Key term(s)
  • online CD piracy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
  • Droits d'auteur
DEF

Copie partielle ou intégrale de disques compacts par téléchargement en ligne de pièces musicales en vue de la revente ou de l'échange entre personnes.

OBS

Cette pratique est fortement critiquée par l'industrie du disque.

Spanish

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Record 13 2001-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Establishments
DEF

Small business in which a large variety of different articles can be found normally at a low price.

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Établissements commerciaux
DEF

Commerce au détail où on peut trouver une grande variété d'articles de différentes sortes, normalement à bas prix.

OBS

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

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Establecimientos comerciales
DEF

Comercio al por menor donde se puede encontrar una gran variedad de artículos de diversas clases normalmente a bajo precio.

OBS

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

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Record 14 2000-09-11

English

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

A geographic base file with Dual Independent Map Encoding, with the linear elements in a network coded to represent both their bounding by areal units and their cobounding by the points at which the linear links meet.

French

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

Spanish

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Record 15 1999-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Finance
OBS

Bank of Canada, Technical report number 83, by Brian O’Reilly, 1998, 74 pages.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Finances
OBS

Banque du Canada, rapport technique numéro 83, par Brian O'Reilly, 1998, 74 pages.

Spanish

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Record 16 1993-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Applications of Automation
  • Computer Graphics
OBS

"Fighters that turn on a dime"/"Apple's best and brightest"/"Machines that see".

OBS

Some vision systems detect only two shades: black and white.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Automatisation et applications
  • Infographie

Spanish

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Record 17 1992-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Document Classification (Library Science)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Classification des documents (Bibliothéconomie)

Spanish

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Record 18 1988-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Phraseology
DEF

To expose to financial hardship or bankruptcy by the accumulation of small expenses, bills, etc.

CONT

It was important not to nickel and dime the budget, rubbing what is left of the ability to realistically function.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie
OBS

Rogner sur quelque chose, en retrancher une petite partie.

CONT

Rogner sur le budget de l'Éducation nationale.

Spanish

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Record 19 1980-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Surgical Treatment
OBS

(secourisme) ;(DIME) ;(SECO, p. 109) ;avril 1973.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitements non chirurgicaux

Spanish

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Record 20 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plumbing Fixtures
  • Urban Furnishings and Equipment
DEF

In stations and public utility places, generally a toilet door that unlocks by putting a nickel or a dime into the unlocking device.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils sanitaires
  • Équipements urbains

Spanish

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Record 21 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
  • Language Problems
OBS

stop

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
  • Problèmes de langue
OBS

(Empedocle - Le Devoir 27-1-62

Spanish

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Record 22 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fine Arts

French

Domaine(s)
  • Beaux-arts
OBS

D.4/3/52 p.128

Spanish

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