TERMIUM Plus®

From: Translation Bureau

On social media

Consult the Government of Canada’s terminology data bank.

INSTANT CONTRACT [4 records]

Filter results by subject field Alphabetical list of terms

Filter results by subject field

Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2025-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Contracts
CONT

Instant contract means the contract under which the VECP [value engineering change proposal] is submitted. It does not include increases in quantities after acceptance of the VECP that are due to contract modifications, exercise of options, or additional orders. If the contract is a multiyear contract, the term does not include quantities funded after VECP acceptance. In a fixed-price contract with prospective price redetermination, the term refers to the period for which firm prices have been established.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Marchés publics

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contratos gubernamentales
CONT

Los contratos instantáneos son aquellos que se consuman o se cumplen de una vez en el tiempo.

Save record 1

Record 2 2019-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

A second layer technology for bitcoin that uses micropayment channels to scale its blockchain’s capability to conduct transactions.

OBS

[The] Lightning [Network] is a decentralized network using smart contract functionality in the blockchain to enable instant payments across a network of participants.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

[Technologie] de «seconde couche», conçue pour augmenter considérablement la vitesse de traitement des transactions sur un réseau [chaîne de blocs].

Spanish

Save record 2

Record 3 2012-11-07

English

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

"Contract" is sometimes used in a sense similar to that of "agreement" in its primary sense, namely, the common intention of two persons with regard to a certain subject. Thus, the phrase "contract of sale" frequently denotes the ordinary transaction of A delivering goods to B and B paying the price to A at the same instant. This is a sale, rather than a contract of sale, for "contract" usually implies a promise to be performed at a future time.(Jowitt, p. 450)

French

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

contrat de vente : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

OBS

Solution valable aussi pour le sens métonymique.

Spanish

Save record 3

Record 4 2006-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lotteries
DEF

One that awards prizes based on matching hidden numbers or symbols, usually concealed beneath scratch-off coatings. (Canadian Business, April 1984).

CONT

The Finance Ministry of Greece has confirmed plans to bring back Xysto, a widely popular instant lottery that was suspended in 2003 when a tender to renew its contract award stalled.

CONT

Loto-Québec introduces 20 to 25 new scratch lotteries per year - a rate of about two per month -- and there is always a selection of about 10 different instant lotteries available at any given time.

OBS

There are several kinds of instant-win games, the most common being instant-win scratch tickets and instant-win pull tabs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Loteries
DEF

Loterie où l'acheteur peut déterminer, à partir du seul billet acheté, s'il est gagnant sans qu'aucun tirage ne soit nécessaire.

CONT

Le ministère des Finances de la Grèce a confirmé son intention de relancer la très populaire loterie instantanée Xysto, à laquelle on a mis fin en 1003 en raison de l'insuccès de l'appel d'offres relatif au renouvellement de son contrat d'exploitation.

CONT

Bon an, mal an, la société d'État met en marché une trentaine de loteries instantanées, dont environ 25 sont nouvelles. Les Kéno, Explosion d'argent, 9 en ligne et autres s'ajoutent donc aux loteries conventionnelles à tirages périodiques du type Lotto 6/49, Sélect 42 et Banco.

OBS

Il s'agit soit de gratter une ou plusieurs cases; soit de décacheter le billet en entier ou en partie à la recherche de cases identiques ou complémentaires; soit de vérifier si le numéro sous scellé du billet acheté correspond au numéro de la semaine. «Loterie instantanée» est un terme utilisé par Loto-Québec pour ce genre de loterie; le type de billet le plus populaire est encore le «gratteux».

Spanish

Save record 4

Copyright notice for the TERMIUM Plus® data bank

© Public Services and Procurement Canada, 2026
TERMIUM Plus®, the Government of Canada's terminology and linguistic data bank
A product of the Translation Bureau

Display options

Change the order of display of the official languages of Canada
Option to display the non-official languages (Spanish or Portuguese)
Display definitions, contexts, etc., on records

Features

GCtranslate (available on the Government of Canada network only)

Use this artificial intelligence prototype to translate Government of Canada content up to and including Protected B. Available to employees of selected departments and agencies only.

Writing tools

The Language Portal’s writing tools have a new look! Easy to consult, they give you access to a wealth of information that will help you write better in English and French.

Glossaries and vocabularies

Access Translation Bureau glossaries and vocabularies.

Date Modified: