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IMMEDIATE CONSUMPTION [8 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2022-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
  • Sales (Marketing)
CONT

Indeed, people display significantly changing behaviors because of the adverse emotions elicited by COVID-19, especially with respect to consumption. For example, panic buying is exemplified by consumers who stock inordinate quantities of daily essentials... Others may demonstrate the behavior designated as revenge spending and aggressively buy discrete items to relieve suppressed and negative emotions, including luxury goods. Items subject to revenge spending can ease negative emotions through consumption regardless of their necessity or immediate use.

OBS

revenge shopping: "Revenge shopping" is a literal translation of a Chinese phrase describing that country’s post-lockdown rush to purchase luxury items.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
  • Vente
CONT

L'expression «dépenses de revanche» fait son chemin, laissant entendre que certaines personnes sont désireuses de faire des folies sur des biens de consommation ou des expériences dont ils ont été contraints de se priver l'année dernière.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
  • Customs and Excise
  • Economics
DEF

... all goods entering the country(through Customs) from a foreign destination, whether for immediate domestic consumption or for storage in customs bonded warehouses.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Douanes et accise
  • Économique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comercio exterior
  • Aduana e impuestos internos
  • Economía
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Record 3 2011-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)
CONT

"Slicing" refers to cucumbers sold fresh for immediate consumption usually as a salad item. Characterized by thick, uniform, dark green skins, slicing cucumbers are longer than pickling types, and their thicker skins are more resistant to damage during handling and shipping.

CONT

Cucumbers are grown for fresh consumption (called slicers) and pickling (called picklers) ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fruits et légumes (Types et traitement - Alimentation)
CONT

[Le concombre] se cultive sur les grandes étendues et ses fruits sont consommés soit à l'état frais (appelés concombres à trancher) [ou utilisés] pour faire le marinage (appelés concombres à mariner).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Frutas y verduras (Tipos y procesamiento - Ind. alimentaria)
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Record 4 2006-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
CONT

Individual Servings of Food for Immediate Consumption.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
CONT

Aliments en portions individuelles pour consommation immédiate.

Spanish

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Record 5 2004-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
  • Saving and Consumption
DEF

The amount by which consumer spending exceeds disposable income in the same period. It means that an individual, or all individuals together, are either using some previously accumulated wealth to make purchases or are taking out loans that will have to be repaid out of future income.

DEF

An individuals’ preference for immediate consumption as opposed to saving for the future.

CONT

The "break-even point" is the income level where net saving is zero. Below it, there is dissaving, or negative saving; ...

OBS

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

Key term(s)
  • dissavings
  • negative savings

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
  • Épargne et consommation
DEF

Choix du particulier pour la consommation présente contre la consommation future.

CONT

Excédent des dépenses de consommation sur le revenu disponible au cours d'une période. Il y a désépargne lorsqu'un particulier, ou l'ensemble des particuliers, utilise une partie du patrimoine constitué précédemment pour effectuer des achats ou contracte des emprunts qui devront être remboursés sur le revenu futur.

OBS

Définition extraite du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduite avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inversiones
  • Ahorro y consumo
DEF

Preferencia del individuo por el consumo presente frente al consumo futuro.

OBS

desahorro; ahorro negativo: términos y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 6 2003-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
  • Wastewater Treatment
DEF

The liquid wastes from industrial processes, as distinct from domestic or sanitary wastes.

OBS

... the increase in specific consumption per head in the industrialised countries and the need to prevent industrial waste matter from accumulating in the oceans which belong to the whole of mankind are alone sufficient to demand immediate action intended to stop pollution by industrial effluents.

Key term(s)
  • industrial waste solid
  • industrial wastewaters

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement des eaux
  • Traitement des eaux usées
DEF

Déchets liquides provenant des établissements industriels.

OBS

[...] le seul accroissement de la consommation spécifique par habitant dans les pays industrialisés et le souci de ne pas accumuler des déchets dans les mers réceptrices communes à tous, imposent une politique d'endiguement rapide de la pollution par les effluents industriels.

OBS

eau résiduaire industrielle : [...] quand il s'agit d'une eau de rivière, les variations physiques et chimiques de cette eau sont considérables selon les saisons et le bassin géologique traversé et aussi, de plus en plus, selon l'influence des déversements d'eaux résiduaires industrielles.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento del agua
  • Tratamiento de aguas residuales
DEF

Agua utilizada en procesos industriales, no apta para el consumo humano o animal.

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Record 7 2002-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economics
CONT

... the increase in specific consumption per head in the industrialised countries and the need to prevent industrial waste matter from accumulating in the oceans which belong to the whole of mankind are alone sufficient to demand immediate action intended to stop pollution by industrial effluents.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économique
CONT

[...] le seul accroissement de la consommation spécifique par habitant dans les pays industrialisés et le souci de ne pas accumuler des déchets dans les mers réceptrices communes à tous, imposent une politique d'endiguement rapide de la pollution par les effluents industriels.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía
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Record 8 2000-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pricing Theory
  • Statistics
OBS

Comprises the prices of finished goods that are most commonly used for immediate consumption or for capital investment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie des prix
  • Statistique
DEF

Indice qui englobe les prix des produits finis qui sont les plus couramment utilisés à des fins de consommation immédiate ou d'investissement.

Spanish

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