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Filter results by subject field Alphabetical list of terms

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Conference Titles
  • Food Industries
OBS

The Food For Peace Conference was held June 24 – 26, 2002 at the National Conference Center in Lansdowne, Virginia. 216 participants attended the three-day conference, representing an array of stakeholders : Food Aid Managers; FFP/Washington and overseas mission USAID Staff; Title II PVOs and NGOs; commodity and industry groups; other government agencies; and representatives of International Organizations. Lauren Landis, the Director of the Food For Peace Office, led the conference.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de conférences
  • Industrie de l'alimentation

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
  • Stock Exchange
  • Loans
DEF

A fund that buys securities in distressed investments, such as high-yield bonds in or near default, or equities that are in or near bankruptcy.

CONT

... where a creditor of an insolvent debtor assigns its interest to a "vulture fund," any acquisition of the debtor’s property by the vulture fund would not be exempt ... because the vulture fund is not the creditor who entered into the credit transaction with the debtor.

CONT

Although real estate values overseas are much firmer than in the U. S., investors are looking for bargains in spots such as London and Sydney, where office overbuilding has badly undercut prices. Jones Lang Wootton, the British real estate company, has set up a $3 billion "vulture fund" to swoop in on vulnerable properties.

OBS

The term "vulture fund" is formed by collocation (noun compound) to form one unit of meaning to designate a new notion. The word "vulture" is used in its figurative sense which means "something which preys upon a person, the mind, etc., after the manner of a vulture."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
  • Bourse
  • Prêts et emprunts
DEF

Fonds commun de placement ou société d'investissement à capital variable qui acquiert à bas prix des titres de sociétés en difficulté dans le dessein d'en ravir le contrôle.

CONT

[...] si le créancier d'un débiteur insolvable cède son intérêt à un «fonds à vautour», l'acquisition des biens du débiteur par ce fonds n'est pas soustraite [...] parce que le fonds n'est pas le créancier qui a réalisé la transaction de crédit avec le débiteur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inversiones
  • Bolsa de valores
  • Préstamos
DEF

Fondo de capital riesgo que invierte en una entidad o en deuda pública de un país cercanos a la quiebra.

OBS

La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que la expresión "fondo buitre" no necesita comillas al estar ya extendida en los medios de comunicación. Se recuerda asimismo que el plural mayoritario en el uso es "fondos buitre".

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Record 3 2005-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Administration
  • Citizenship and Immigration
OBS

Terminology used by Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration fédérale
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
OBS

Terminologie employée par Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada.

Spanish

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Record 4 1992-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances

Spanish

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Record 5 1987-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
OBS

Coordinates Canadian participation in capital and turnkey projects in other countries.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
OBS

Coordonner la participation des Canadiens aux projets d'équipement et de livraison, clé en main, exécutés dans d'autres pays.

Spanish

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Record 6 1986-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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Record 7 1984-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Telecommunications
OBS

Range of services offered to offices. Title which will be used to present our services at an exhibition in Vancouver on Office Automation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Télécommunications

Spanish

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Record 8 1982-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marketing
OBS

Observation : The concept applies to private lines(dg. telegraph, voice data) and designates the practice of "stealing" customers between international carries. For example, a firm having offices in Montreal and New York might be encouraged by the offer of preferential rates to channel all overseas communications through its New York office, resulting in the loss of a potential customer for Teleglobe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commercialisation

Spanish

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