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LENIENT [9 records]

Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Loans
  • Foreign Trade
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
  • Government Accounting
DEF

Terms of financing that are considered to be more lenient than those normally granted by a financial institution.

CONT

A valuation adjustment may also be considered where there is significant variation from the existing terms and conditions of a loan or advance or when significant concessionary terms are used.

Key term(s)
  • concessionary term

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prêts et emprunts
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Coopération et développement économiques
  • Comptabilité publique
DEF

Conditions financières considérées avantageuses par rapport aux conditions normales accordées pour un prêt par une institution financière.

OBS

Il convient d'éviter le terme concessionnel.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Préstamos
  • Comercio exterior
  • Cooperación y desarrollo económicos
  • Contabilidad pública
DEF

Condiciones financieras consideradas ventajosas respecto a las condiciones normales ofrecidas mediante un préstamo por una institución financiera.

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Record 2 2023-01-10

English

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

Financing provided on more favourable(e. g. lenient) terms to mobilize commercial capital...

OBS

[Concessional capital can] include grants, debt at below-market rates, and equity with asymmetrical returns.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
  • Coopération et développement économiques
CONT

Bien que les subventions et autres formes de capitaux concessionnels continueront d'être utilisées, des modes de financement autres que le financement classique du développement seront étudiés, lorsqu'ils peuvent être utilisés avec succès après mobilisation des partenaires de développement [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Finanzas
  • Cooperación y desarrollo económicos
CONT

En el capital concesional un inversor público o filantrópico aporta capital a la estructura en términos más favorables que el mercado para reducir el coste de capital total, mejorando la rentabilidad-riesgo de los inversores privados.

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Record 3 2010-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Political Theories and Doctrines
  • Diplomacy
  • War and Peace (International Law)
  • Arms Control
CONT

A deterrent threat is a promised reaction to an adversary whose potential action evokes a specific response, the timing of which is in principle automatic. A compellent threat, on the other hand, is a more active or "offensive" strategy undertaken on the initiative of the threatener... Too strict a deadline makes compliance impossible, while one too lenient makes compliance unnecessary.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et doctrines politiques
  • Diplomatie
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)
  • Contrôle des armements
CONT

[Alexandre] George reproche à la notion de «compellence» de ne pas prendre en compte d'autres moyens d'action que la menace coercitive.

Spanish

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Record 4 2010-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sentencing
OBS

plea discussions: term usually used in the plural in this context.

OBS

Plea bargaining.... Crown counsel and defence counsel negotiate out of court, and reach an agreement. Without purporting rigidly to limit the area on which agreements may be made, we say that usually such agreements are : 1. That Crown counsel will, if the accused pleads guilty to a lesser charge, withdraw a major charge.... 2. That Crown counsel, in return for a plea of guilty by the accused to a charge, will recommend to the Court the imposition of some lenient form of sentence, say probation. Or there may be a bargain which embraces both the above factors.

OBS

People in the business like to call it plea negotiation.

OBS

For reasons that will become evident in the course of this working paper, ... we prefer to abandon the expression "plea bargaining" (which, to some, has an inherently negative connotation) in favour of more neutral terminology. In our view, the process with which we are concerned (though unquestionably flawed) may better be described as that of "plea negotiation", or the holding of "plea discussions". The object of that process is to reach a satisfactory agreement, not to give the accused a "bargain." Accordingly, our recommendations eschew the expression "plea bargain" and replace it with "plea agreement". We define that expression (again, in neutral terms) as "any agreement by the accused to plead guilty in return for the prosecutor’s agreeing to take or refrain from taking a particular course of action".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peines
CONT

[...] le marchandage de plaidoyers est une entente intervenue hors de cour entre d'une part un procureur de la Couronne, - qui cherche à régler la cause avec un minimum de temps et de frais, - et, d'autre part, l'accusé qui espère voir réduire le nombre ou la gravité des accusations portées ou obtenir le choix d'un procès sommaire ou une réduction de peine. Par une telle entente le procureur de la Couronne promet à l'accusé, en échange de son consentement à plaider coupable, de recommander au juge d'entériner cette promesse.

OBS

Les spécialistes préfèrent parler de négociation de plaidoyers.

OBS

plea bargaining (en italique) : Cette expression anglaise est consacrée par la pratique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Penas
CONT

Práctica judicial [...] mediante la cual la procuraduría puede optar por reducir los cargos que pesan sobre un inculpado, si éste denuncia a otros culpables.

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Record 5 2003-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
  • Language Problems (General)
CONT

Recent liberalization of import regulations has resulted in a trend for more lenient terms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
  • Problèmes de langue (Généralités)
CONT

La récente libéralisation de la réglementation des importations s'est traduite, dans l'ensemble, par des modalités plus indulgentes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Traducción (Generalidades)
  • Problemas de idioma (Generalidades)
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Record 6 2003-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Police
DEF

An informer; especially, a spy for the police.

CONT

Twomey and Carpenter claim they were framed by a "supergrass"-a police informer hoping for lenient treatment in return for turning in other villains.

OBS

stool pigeon, stoolie, pigeon, lockout pin, supergrass: slang expressions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Police
DEF

Personne, bien souvent du milieu, qui se met à la solde de la police pour la renseigner.

OBS

Selon le Larousse de la langue française LEXIS, "indic" est un terme populaire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Policía
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Record 7 1994-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Loans
  • Trade
CONT

Recent liberalization of import regulations has resulted in a trend for more lenient terms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prêts et emprunts
  • Commerce
CONT

La récente libéralisation de la réglementation des importations s'est traduite dans l'ensemble, par des modalités plus indulgentes.

Spanish

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Record 8 1986-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
  • Language Problems

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
  • Problèmes de langue

Spanish

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Record 9 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
  • Language Problems

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
  • Problèmes de langue

Spanish

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