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ENTER COMPETITOR [3 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2012-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Restrictive Practices (Law)
  • Trade
  • Commercial and Other Bodies (Law)
CONT

A firm is treated as a potential competitor if there is evidence that this firm could and would be likely to undertake the necessary additional investments or other necessary switching costs to enter the relevant market in response to a small and permanent increase in prices.

CONT

For a potential competitor considering entry into a telecommunications market and for a regulator examining efficient price structures, it is the future costs of service that matter, not the embedded costs of past investment decisions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pratiques restrictives (Droit)
  • Commerce
  • Organismes commerciaux ou non (Droit)
CONT

Pour un concurrent éventuel qui songe à entrer sur un marché des télécommunications et pour un organisme de réglementation qui examine les structures de prix efficientes, ce sont les coûts futurs des services qui importent, pas les coûts incorporés des décisions d'investissement antérieur.

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Games and Competitions (Sports)
DEF

A competition in which a participant ceases to be eligible to win the tournament’s championship upon having lost two games or matches.

CONT

A double-elimination tournament may be used in 2-competitor games to allow each competitor a single loss without being eliminated from the tournament. All losers from the main bracket enter a losers’ bracket, the winner of which plays off against the main bracket's winner.

OBS

As opposed to a "single-elimination tournament."

Key term(s)
  • double elimination tournament

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux et compétitions (Sports)
DEF

Tournoi dans lequel un joueur [ou une équipe] doit perdre deux fois avant d'être éliminé.

CONT

Tournoi double élimination. Sur ce type de tournois vous avez le droit à une défaite, donc si vous perdez, restez sur la table et vous aurez accès à un deuxième match, et si celui-ci est perdu, vous serez éliminés, et bien sûr tant que vous gagnez, vous continuez.

OBS

Si plusieurs tournois adoptent un système d'élimination simple ou double, il est difficile de retrouver la graphie correcte pour le signifier. On retrouve : «tournoi par élimination simple/double», l'apposition «tournoi élimination simple/double» ou le trait d'union «tournoi-élimination simple/double».

OBS

Par opposition au «tournoi-élimination simple».

Key term(s)
  • tournoi en double élimination
  • tournoi à double élimination
  • tournoi double-élimination

Spanish

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Record 3 2002-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Games and Competitions (Sports)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
OBS

Term found under equestrian sports in the "Lexique des sports olympiques d’été de Sydney."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux et compétitions (Sports)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
OBS

Terme trouvé dans le contexte des sports équestres dans le «Lexique des sports olympiques d'été de Sydney.»

Spanish

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