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Record 1 2018-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Transportation
OBS

Transport logistics refers to the transport of goods of all kinds using a variety of means, such as trains, trucks, airplanes, ships or parcel services. Transport logistics is a major component of business process networks. Its significance has increased in recent years due to increasing globalization.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Transports

Spanish

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Record 2 2018-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Transportation
OBS

Transport logistics refers to the transport of goods of all kinds using a variety of means, such as trains, trucks, airplanes, ships or parcel services. Transport logistics is a major component of business process networks. Its significance has increased in recent years due to increasing globalization.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Transports

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
CONT

The first step in money laundering is the physical disposal of cash. Traditionally, placement might be accomplished by depositing the cash in domestic banks or other kinds of financial insitutions. Or the cash might be smuggled across borders for deposit in foreign accounts, or used in high-value goods, such as artwork, airplanes, or precious metals and gems, that can then be resold with payment by cheque or bank transfer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
CONT

La première étape du blanchiment d'argent est l'écoulement de l'argent liquide (le placement). L'argent peut être déposé dans une banque ou une autre institution financière au pays. Il peut aussi être introduit clandestinement dans d'autres pays en vue d'y être déposé dans des comptes. Il peut aussi être utilisé pour acheter des biens de grande valeur, comme des œuvres d'art, des avions, des métaux précieux ou des pierres précieuses qui peuvent être revendus et payés par chèque ou par virement bancaire.

Spanish

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Record 4 2015-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Security
CONT

Bailments are of six kinds, the classification being of importance from the different nature of the bailee's liability in each case...(4) when goods or chattels are delivered to another as a pawn, to be security to him for money borrowed of him by the bailor; this is called vadium, a pawn or pledge...(Jowitt's, 2nd ed. 1977, p. 176)

OBS

As a type of bailment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des sûretés
OBS

gage : terme normalisé 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 2015-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Transport
  • Foreign Trade
CONT

The contract [for the carriage of goods by road] shall be confirmed by the making out of a consignment note... in three original copies signed by the sender and by the carrier.... When the goods which are to be carried have to be loaded in different vehicles, or are of different kinds or are divided into different lots, the sender or the carrier shall have the right to require a separate consignment note to be made out for each vehicle used, or for each kind or lot of goods.

OBS

Whereas the term "waybill" designates a document used for several modes of transport, "consignment note", when not qualified by the words "rail" or "air" (as in "air consignment note"), designates specifically the title of transport adopted internationally at the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (C.M.R.).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport routier
  • Commerce extérieur
CONT

Le contrat de transport [de marchandises par route] est constaté par une lettre de voiture [...] établie en trois exemplaires originaux signés par l'expéditeur et par le transporteur [...] Lorsque la marchandise à transporter doit être chargée dans des véhicules différents, ou lorsqu'il s'agit de différentes espèces de marchandises ou de lots distincts, l'expéditeur ou le transporteur a le droit d'exiger l'établissement d'autant de lettres de voiture qu'il doit être utilisé de véhicules ou qu'il y a d'espèces ou de lots de marchandises.

OBS

Le texte (version française et version anglaise) de la Convention relative au contrat de transport international de marchandises par route (C.M.R.) se trouve dans la publication intitulée : «Transport Laws of the World», volume I: Road Conventions and Agreements, compiled by Don Hill and Malcolm Evans; 1977, Oceana Publications, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. et dont le code de source est HITRA-1977.

OBS

Bien qu'il s'agisse ici principalement de transport pour le commerce international, cela n'exclut pas l'usage de la lettre de voiture à des fins de commerce intérieur; cependant, on lui substitue souvent la feuille de route, ou le récépissé ou la déclaration d'expédition tenant lieu de lettre de voiture, ou tout autre document remplissant, pour le transport intérieur, des fonctions équivalentes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transporte por carretera
  • Comercio exterior
DEF

Documento análogo, en transporte terrestre, al conocimiento de embarque en transporte marítimo.

CONT

La carta de porte contiene el nombre y domicilio del transportador, el del remitente y el de la persona a quien se expide la descripción de la mercancía, la indicación del flete y demás gastos, lugares de salida y destino y medio de transporte.

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Record 6 2014-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Electronic Commerce
CONT

Nowadays, mass customization has been embraced by a large portion of industries. As a result, the Web abounds with configurators that help users tailor all kinds of goods and services to their specific needs. These configurators are a privileged interface between customers and companies, and often the single entrypoint for customer orders.

Key term(s)
  • on-line configurator

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
  • Commerce électronique

Spanish

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Record 7 2013-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Methods
  • Economic Planning
CONT

The consumption patterns of a sample of households is studied to determine the proportions in which they allocate their expenditures among different kinds of goods. These data lead to average weights which are then applied to price changes for individual goods.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes statistiques
  • Planification économique
DEF

Coefficient numérique exprimant l'importance relative d'un objet dans une distribution statistique.

OBS

poids : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

OBS

facteur de pondération : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Métodos estadísticos
  • Planificación económica
DEF

Consideración equilibrada y compensación que se da a unos argumentos o valores, proporcionalmente a su peso o importancia.

OBS

ponderación: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 8 2013-04-08

English

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

(H)ire, a letting-out. (Jowitt, p. 1114).

CONT

Bailments are of six kinds, the classification being of importance from the different nature of the bailee's liability in each case...(3) when goods are left for hire with the bailee to be used by him; this is called "locatio et conductio"...(Jowitt, p. 176)

French

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

locatum; locatio; locatio conductio; locatio et conductio : termes normalisés par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 9 2013-02-06

English

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

Bailments are of six kinds, the classification being of importance from the different nature of the bailee's liability in each case :(1) a bare naked bailment of goods, where the goods are delivered by one man to another to keep for the use of the bailor; this is called "depositum"....(Jowitt's, 2nd ed., 1977, p. 176)

French

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

dépôt à titre gratuit; dépôt; «depositum» : termes normalisés par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 10 2010-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
  • Accounting
OBS

assets : the goods and property of all kinds belonging to a company or to an individual, which are available to meet debts or liabilities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
  • Comptabilité
DEF

Ensemble des droits et des biens de l'entreprise.

Spanish

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Record 11 2007-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

[A] machine that rotates the diamond during the bruting process.

CONT

The bruting machine can be mounted on an individual work table or in series on benches.... There are two kinds of bruting machines : the machine with a single axle also called single-head machine, and the machine with two axles, double-head machines, which are main used for small sawn goods.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
  • Industrie diamantaire
CONT

Aujourd'hui on utilise une machine à débruter, c'est à dire un tour de précision entraîné par un moteur et muni d'un variateur de vitesse pour la taille des grosses pierres. [...] Il existe deux types de machines à débruter : celles à tête unique (à un axe) et celles à double têtes (deux axes) que l'on utilise pour les petites pierres.

CONT

Machine de débrutage manuelle.

Spanish

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Record 12 2005-08-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storehouses and Warehouses
  • Customs and Excise
  • Foreign Trade
CONT

The kinds of goods which may be stored in private customs warehouses shall be specified by the competent authorities in the authority granting the benefit of the customs warehousing procedure or in an appropriate provision.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Magasins de stockage
  • Douanes et accise
  • Commerce extérieur
DEF

Entrepôt de douane réservé à l'usage exclusif de certaines personnes déterminées lorsque les nécessités particulières du commerce le justifient.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Depósitos para almacenaje
  • Aduana e impuestos internos
  • Comercio exterior
DEF

Aquél destinado al uso exclusivo del depositario y de aquellas personas autorizadas por el servicio aduanero a solicitud del depositario.

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Record 13 2004-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Diamond Industry
CONT

Describe a single-head manual bruting machine: a) a small lathe-like machine mounted on a table; b) components include: -body; -shaft, with a bruting head assembly: can be set off-centre; -flywheel; -dust pan; -drive pulley; -bruting head; -dop; -bruter’s block; -cradle.

OBS

The bruting machine can be mounted on an individual work table or in series on benches.... There are two kinds of bruting machines : the machine with a single axle also called single-head machine, and the machine with two axles, double-head machines, which are main used for small sawn goods.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
  • Industrie diamantaire
CONT

Aujourd'hui on utilise une machine à débruter, c'est-à-dire un tour de précision entraîné par un moteur et muni d'un variateur de vitesse pour la taille des grosses pierres. [...] Il existe deux types de machines à débruter : celles à tête unique (à un axe) et celles à double têtes (deux axes) que l'on utilise pour les petites pierres.

Spanish

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Record 14 2002-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
DEF

Money, currency or financial asset widely accepted in payment for goods and services and for discharge of debt and other kinds of business obligations.

Key term(s)
  • payment facility
  • facility of payment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
DEF

Ensemble des instruments généralement acceptés à titre de paiement, quel que soit le support ou le procédé technique utilisé, pour l'acquisition de biens ou de services ou pour le règlement d'une créance ou de tout autre engagement. Ces instruments comprennent notamment les fonds en caisse, les avoirs en dépôt à vue auprès d'établissements financiers, les cartes de crédit ou de paiement.

Key term(s)
  • moyen de paiement

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Finanzas
DEF

Dinero, moneda o activo financiero dotado de poder liberador de deudas y obligaciones.

OBS

medio de pago: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 15 2000-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • The Product (Marketing)
OBS

United Nations Statistics Division, Version 1. 0, 1998. Purpose : A classification of products, based on the physical characteristics of goods or on the nature of the services rendered. CPC provides a framework for international comparison of the various kinds of statistics dealing with goods, services and assets. It covers categories for all products(goods and services) which can be subjects of domestic and international transactions or which can be put into stocks. CPC covers products which are an output of economic activities, including transportable and non-transportable goods and services, and land and intangible assets which arise from legal and accounting actions such as patents, licenses, trademarks and copyrights. CPC also includes a major part of tangible assets, namely all constructions and civil engineering works.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Produit (Commercialisation)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de monografías
  • Producto (Comercialización)
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Record 16 1995-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Service Industries
  • The Product (Marketing)
DEF

Materiel items and the services needed to acquire, operate and maintain materiel items.

CONT

Goods and Incidental Services represent the end products of materiel expenditures.

OBS

A broad classification of the kinds of goods or incidental services.

OBS

Materiel Asset Lexicon, 1992, Supply and Services Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entreprises de services
  • Produit (Commercialisation)
DEF

Articles et services nécessaires pour acquérir, utiliser et entretenir le matériel.

CONT

Les biens et les services accessoires constituent les produits terminaux découlant des dépenses en matériel.

OBS

Classification générale des types de biens ou de services accessoires.

Spanish

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Record 17 1994-09-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Customs and Excise
OBS

(par. 182(1), Excise Act / Loi sur l’accise)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Douanes et accise

Spanish

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Record 18 1981-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Market Prices
OBS

An utopian system could make use of four different kinds of pricing :(a) consumer-goods prices,(b) wage and incentive rates,(c) accounting prices of intermediate goods or produced inputs, and(d) final lump-sum dividends(...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prix (Commercialisation)

Spanish

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Record 19 1981-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
OBS

Capital goods consist of a great variety of things : machines of various kinds, plants and houses, tools, raw materials and goods in process(...) and canned and frozen edibles. Society can sum the market values of these physical goods to get total wealth or total capital value;(...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coopération et développement économiques

Spanish

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Record 20 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Trade Goods
  • Saving and Consumption
OBS

(...) the production of the commodity we want may itself be direct or indirect.(...) we all want(...) consumers’ goods [all kinds of food, household goods, clothing, etc. ]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types d'objets de commerce
  • Épargne et consommation
OBS

(...) biens de consommation (...) biens finals aussi, qui satisfont directement les besoins des consommateurs ou de leur ménage (biens directs) (...) [fiche]

Spanish

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