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HOLDING STOCK [16 records]

Record 1 2019-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Wood Turning and Lathing
CONT

Wood turning lathe operator... Operates wood-turning lathe to turn wood-stock, and cuts designs in and shapes stock by holding chisels against rotating stock... Selects chisel according to type of cut specified and holds chisel against rotating stock to cut shapes according to drawing. Verifies dimensions of shapes and cuts, using calipers and rule.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Tournage sur bois

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Torneado y listonado (Industria maderera)
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Record 2 2011-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Military Titles
  • Military Materiel Management
OBS

Modern materiel management and procurement techniques developed by the NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency(NAMSA) include the Stock Holding and Assets Requirements Exchange scheme, known as SHARE.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires diverses
  • Gestion du matériel militaire
OBS

Parmi les techniques modernes de gestion et d’acquisition des matériels mises au point par l'Agence OTAN d’entretien et d’approvisionnement (NAMSA) figurent la Bourse d’échange de matériels (SHARE).

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wrought Metal Items and Antique Tools
  • Metal Forging
DEF

Tongs... for holding hoops or rings.... also can hold light, thin iron, and be used for bending hot stock.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets ouvrés et outils anciens (Métal)
  • Forgeage
DEF

[...] outils de chaînetiers, qui leur sert pour tenir les anneaux & chaînes qu'ils veulent souder [...] C'est un outil de fer de la longueur de cinq ou six pouces, composé de deux branches enchâssées en croissant l'une dans l'autre environ au deux tiers, & arrêtées par un clou rivé, pour leur laisser le mouvement libre de s'ouvrir & de se refermer [...]

CONT

Pinces à lèvres courbées pour faciliter la manutention des anneaux, chaînes, et de petits objets.

Spanish

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Record 4 2010-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wrought Metal Items and Antique Tools
  • Metal Forging
CONT

... straight lip tongs ... the jaws are straight, like a pair of pliers, or the jaws are curved from the tips to the rivet. This curve, which forms a circle when the jaws are shut, provides a spring tension that allows the lips to hold more steadily, it also allows the lips to be easily adjusted for different thicknesses of metal.

CONT

The straight lip is "used for holding thin flat work. On account of the heavy stock in jaws, they may be shaped by blacksmith to suit his individual needs. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets ouvrés et outils anciens (Métal)
  • Forgeage
DEF

[...] types de pinces les plus couramment utilisés par le forgeron. Leur forme permet de les utiliser dans plusieurs types de situations. Les mâchoires sont assez massives. Ceci est voulu, car on peut en modifier la forme et épaisseur selon les besoins du moment.

Spanish

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Record 5 2003-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Investment
DEF

The purchase on the Stock Exchange of a large number of shares in a company, executed very quickly, usually at the commencement of the working day in order to obtain a significant holding of a capital with a view of obtaining a controlling interest or pre-empt a bid from another party. [Klein, Gerald. Dictionary of Banking. Pitman Publishing, 1995].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Investissements et placements
DEF

Achat inattendu et massif des actions d'une société visée dans une tentative de prise de contrôle, souvent effectué en début de séance de bourse.

CONT

Le 24 novembre dernier, le matin, le conglomérat britannique Rio Tinto Zinc lance un «raid de l'aube» (dawn raid) sur le groupe MK Electric. Il s'approprie ainsi quelque 21,7 % des actions de sa proie et lance dans la foulée une OPA [...] (Libération, 08.12.1987, p. 23).

Key term(s)
  • raid de l'aube

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bolsa de valores
  • Inversiones
OBS

Para ocasionar o provocar una caída en la cotización.

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Record 6 2001-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
DEF

Form of "holding company" in which a management group has control of several existing banks. Each bank in the group has its own board of directors, but the holding company coordinates the activities of all banks in the group, and owns a majority of capital stock in member banks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque

Spanish

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Record 7 1998-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
DEF

A cyberscam whereby shysters are posting false rumors and phoney company news on Internet investor-information sites and driving up the price of their stock by getting others to buy it. Then they dump it for a quick profit before anyone catches on and the price drops back. Other buyers are left holding the bag.

CONT

Shady stock promotion is an old crime, but cyberspace has given it a vast new online audience of potential victims and, in the hands of sophisticated criminals, almost impenetrable anonymity from authorities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes

Spanish

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Record 8 1997-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
CONT

Holdco principal stock exchange means, at any given time, the stock exchange in Canada on which the highest volume of voting shares of a carrier holding corporation is traded.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
DEF

S'entend, à une date donnée, de la bourse au Canada où se négocie le plus grand nombre d'actions avec droit de vote de la société mère d'une entreprise.

Spanish

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Record 9 1997-01-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Economics
  • Agricultural Economics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie de l'entreprise
  • Économie agricole

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía empresarial
  • Economía agrícola
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Record 10 1996-11-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Investment
CONT

The Governor in Council may make regulations ... respecting the holding of shares and ownership interests.... [Bank Act].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Investissements et placements
CONT

Le gouverneur en conseil peut, par règlement : [...] régir la détention d'actions et de titres de participation [...] [Loi sur les banques].

Spanish

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Record 11 1996-11-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial and Other Bodies (Law)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes commerciaux ou non (Droit)

Spanish

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Record 12 1996-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industries - General
OBS

Industrials. We are adding a 2% holding in United Dominion; this company's focus on engineered manufactured products has been enhanced by a recent acquisition yet the stock trades at 10 times our 1995 earnings estimate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries - Généralités

Spanish

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Record 13 1990-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
  • Air Materiel Maintenance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
  • Maintenance du matériel de l'air

Spanish

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Record 14 1986-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lathe Work (Machine-Tooling)
DEF

Mandrel used for holding workpieces having a threaded hole.

CONT

A chucked or threaded mandrel is used for turning the face and exterior of threaded workpieces. This kind of mandrel is frequently made by chucking a piece of scrap stock, turning it to the required size, and cutting threads on it for holding the workpiece.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tournage sur métaux
DEF

Mandrin permettant la reprise de pièces filetées intérieurement.

Spanish

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Record 15 1986-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances

Spanish

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Record 16 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Productivity and Profitability
  • Industrial Establishments
OBS

--the size of quantities or batches to be manufactured or purchased taking into account the costs of production or acquisition and holding stock.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Productivité et rentabilité
  • Établissements industriels
OBS

--quantité d'objets à mettre en fabrication calculée de telle sorte qu'elle minimise les coûts.

Spanish

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