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INDIRECT LOSS [10 records]

Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insurance
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

A loss that is not directly due to the peril insured against but is nevertheless caused thereby.

Key term(s)
  • consequential damages

French

Domaine(s)
  • Assurances
  • Commerce extérieur
DEF

pertes indirectes : Pertes qui ne sont pas directement provoquées par le risque assuré, mais qui sont néanmoins consécutives au sinistre (pertes de revenus, par exemple).

Key term(s)
  • dommages consécutifs
  • dommages indirects
  • pertes indirectes

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Seguros
  • Comercio exterior
DEF

Daño que es consecuencia mediata o indirecta de un siniestro.

CONT

Un daño consecuencial puede ser el producido por el agua que han utilizado los servicios de extinción para sofocar un incendio.

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Record 2 2023-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Measurements
  • Electric Rotary Machines
DEF

The indirect determination of efficiency from the direct measurement of the total loss.

OBS

calculation of efficiency from total loss: term standardized by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) in its 50(411) standard published in 1996, but removed in the 2007 amendment.

OBS

determination of efficiency from total loss: term and definition standardized by the IEC.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures électriques
  • Machines tournantes électriques
DEF

Détermination indirecte du rendement à partir de la mesure directe des pertes totales.

OBS

détermination du rendement par mesure des pertes totales : terme normalisé par la Commission électrotechnique internationale (CEI) dans sa norme 50(411) publiée en 1996, mais non repris dans l'amendement de 2007.

OBS

détermination du rendement à partir des pertes totales : terme et définition normalisés par la CEI.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medición eléctrica
  • Máquinas rotativas eléctricas
DEF

Cálculo indirecto de la eficiencia a partir de la medición directa de las pérdidas totales.

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Record 3 2020-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
  • Ecology (General)
CONT

Arctic marine mammals(seals, whales, and polar bears) are vulnerable to changes in their environment through direct impacts such as habitat loss(for example, sea ice as a platform for hunting or giving birth) and indirect impacts, such as changes in prey abundance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
  • Écologie (Généralités)
CONT

Le narval, qui dépend de la banquise à la fois pour chasser et se sauver des prédateurs tels que les épaulards, a été identifié comme le mammifère marin arctique le plus sensible aux effets des dérèglements climatiques.

Spanish

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Record 4 2015-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Tort Law (common law)
DEF

Such damage, loss or injury as does not flow directly and immediately from the act of the party, but only from some of the consequences or results of such act.

CONT

Damage may be direct, i. e. caused immediately by the conduct done in breach of duty, e. g. injury to a person in an accident, or indirect, or consequential, when it results from the conduct only after the intervention of other factors, e. g. pecuniary loss resulting from a vehicle being damaged. Whether and, if so, to what extent a person in breach of duty is legally liable to another to whom his breach has caused indirect or consequential damage raises the problem of remoteness of damage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des délits (common law)
OBS

dommage indirect, préjudice indirect : termes normalisés par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 5 2015-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Property Law (common law)
  • Finance
CONT

... the offence cause, or resulted in, substantial direct or indirect economic loss...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
  • Finances

Spanish

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Record 6 2012-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economics
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
  • Emergency Management
DEF

Revenue loss that is related to property value, production and trade and to the disruption or use of income, wealth and commodities and that results from the negative effects of amajor incident or a disruption affecting a community’s economy.

OBS

Economic loss calculations include the total cost of the response and the recovery associated with restoring a site to a state close to pre-incident conditions, including the cost of indirect consequences.

OBS

economic loss: term and definition standardized by the Canadian Capability-Based Planning Terminology Committee and the Translation Bureau.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économique
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
  • Gestion des urgences
DEF

Perte de revenus liée à la valeur des biens, à la production, au commerce, à la distribution et à l'utilisation des revenus, des richesses et des produits de base et qui représente les effets négatifs d'un incident majeur ou d'une perturbation sur l'économie d'une collectivité.

OBS

On inclut dans le calcul d'une perte économique le coût total de l'intervention et la restauration des lieux dans un état semblable aux conditions préincident, ainsi que le coût entraîné par les conséquences indirectes de l'incident.

OBS

perte économique : terme et définition normalisés par le Comité de terminologie de la planification axée sur les capacités au Canada et le Bureau de la traduction.

Spanish

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Record 7 2010-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

... a husband incurs household and medical expenses consequent upon his wife being injured in a road collision. Such loss is an indirect and unintended secondary consequence of the defendant's tort against his primary victim, the wife.

OBS

Members of self-help groups include primary victims of an offence and secondary victims such as family members.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de ilícitos civiles (common law)
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Record 8 2003-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Property Law (common law)
DEF

Loss in value of the remainder of a parcel resulting from an acquisition, sometimes called "indirect damage".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
DEF

Perte de valeur de la partie restante d'un terrain, résultant de l'acquisition de l'autre partie; on dit parfois "dommage indirect".

OBS

Fiche terminologique en transactions immobilières fournie par le ministère des Affaires indiennes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de propiedad (common law)
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Record 9 2001-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
  • Milling and Cereal Industries
CONT

Sedimentation value is an indirect measure of breadmaking quality. Loss of baking quality is confirmed by decrease of loaf volume.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Minoterie et céréales
CONT

L'indice de sédimentation est une mesure indirecte de la valeur boulangère. La perte de valeur boulangère est confirmée par la diminution du volume de la miche de pain.

Spanish

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Record 10 2000-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
DEF

A loss which is not directly due to computer abuse or disaster but which is the result of the measures put forward to counteract such events.

OBS

Opposed to "direct loss".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
DEF

Perte informatique qui découle d'une perte directe, résultant soit de l'adoption forcée de contre-mesures, soit d'une diminution du rendement de l'entreprise.

OBS

Opposé à «perte directe».

Spanish

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