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HAIRCUT [10 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2018-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hair Styling
DEF

A haircut in which hair is shortest at the top of the head and longest at the lower hairline.

OBS

reverse elevation haircut : term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee(New Brunswick).

Key term(s)
  • reverse elevation hair cut

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coiffure
OBS

coupe classique inversée : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 2 2018-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hair Styling
DEF

A brush used to remove hair from the neck after a haircut...

OBS

neck duster: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coiffure
DEF

[…] brosse à longs poils [qui] sert à enlever les cheveux coupés qui tombent dans le cou, sur le visage ou sur le col de la coupe.

OBS

brosse à nuque; époussette; houppe : termes uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 3 2014-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
  • Stock Exchange
DEF

... the difference between the market value of an asset and the purchase price paid at the start of a repo [repurchasing agreement].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
  • Bourse

Spanish

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Record 4 2013-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hair Styling
DEF

A very short hair style copied from a style worn by oarsmen with the hair more or less resembling the bristle surface of a brush.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coiffure

Spanish

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Record 5 2012-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hair Styling
DEF

The removal of the unwanted head hair leaving only hair that in length and thickness is necessary for the projected style.

OBS

The art of cutting does not lie in the removal of hair, but in the choice of hair that is to be left on the head and its disposition after cutting.

OBS

basic haircut : term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee(New Brunswick).

Key term(s)
  • basic hair cut

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coiffure
CONT

La coupe de cheveux a pour but de raccourcir les cheveux et d'obtenir selon le cas un effet d'épaisseur ou de légèreté de la chevelure. [...] Les coupes de base sont au nombre de six. On les identifie par le résultat obtenu.

OBS

coupe de base : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 6 2010-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
  • Human Behaviour
  • Phraseology
DEF

To interpret a remark as if it were mean or critical about oneself.

CONT

Don’t take it personally, but you really need a haircut. I want to tell you something, but please don’t take it personally.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
  • Comportement humain
  • Phraséologie
Key term(s)
  • le prendre personnel

Spanish

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Record 7 2008-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
DEF

... the formula used in the valuation of securities for the purpose of calculating a broker-dealer’s net capital.

CONT

The haircut varies according to the class of a security, its market risk, and the time to maturity.

CONT

For example, cash equivalent governments could have 0% haircut, equities could have an average 30% haircut, and fail positions(securities with past due delivery) with little prospect of settlement could have 100% haircut.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
CONT

Pour les instruments de niveau 1, les mesures de contrôle des risques porteront sur l'application de dépôts de garantie, de quotité de valorisation spécifique en fonction de la durée de vie résiduelle et de la structure des coupons du titre de créance (ce qui implique que la valeur du support de garantie sera calculée comme étant la valeur de marché diminuée d'un certain pourcentage (quotité) [...]

Spanish

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Record 8 2000-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paper Manufacturing Processes
DEF

A sharp, smooth, curved cut having no definite length or direction, caused by an animal hair or synthetic fibre. As the web containing the hair passes through a nip, the hair cuts the web material.

Key term(s)
  • haircut

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fabrication du papier
DEF

Coupure nette et courbe n'ayant aucune longueur ou direction définies causée par un poil de feutre ou une fibre synthétique.

Spanish

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Record 9 2000-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
  • Banking
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
DEF

A risk control measure applied to underlying assets used in reverse transactions, implying that the central bank calculates the value of underlying assets as the market value of the asset reduced by a certain percentage(haircut).

OBS

The ESCB [European System of Central Banks] applies valuation haircuts reflecting features of the specific assets, such as the residual maturity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
  • Banque
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
DEF

Mesure de contrôle du risque appliquée aux supports de garantie, utilisée dans le cadre des opérations de cession temporaire, impliquant que la banque centrale calcule la valeur des supports de garantie comme étant la valeur de marché du support diminuée d'un certain pourcentage (quotité).

OBS

Le SEBC [Système européen de banques centrales] applique des quotités de valorisation différentes selon les caractéristiques des supports en cause, telles que la durée résiduelle.

Spanish

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Record 10 1999-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Administration
Key term(s)
  • annual fund-raising haircut
  • annual fundraising hair cut
  • annual fund-raising hair cut
  • fundraising haircut
  • fund-raising haircut
  • fundraising hair cut
  • fund-raising hair cut

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration fédérale
OBS

Activité de collecte de fonds réalisée au Programme du travail dans le cadre de la Campagne de charité en milieu de travail du gouvernement du Canada. À condition que l'on recueille une certaine somme, un employé accepte de se faire raser la tête.

Key term(s)
  • défi de la coupe de cheveux

Spanish

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