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PAYMENT STOPPED [6 records]

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Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
CONT

Reason for return [of a cheque :] insufficient funds; cannot trace... ;payment stopped.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
DEF

défense de payer faite au tiré par le tireur d'un chèque ou d'une lettre de change.

CONT

Chèque-effet rejeté pour le motif indiqué par un X (...); Montant contesté; (...) Opposition du débiteur (...)

OBS

«paiement arrêté» : Ce terme est un anglicisme.

Key term(s)
  • payement arrêté

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Document Classification (Library Science)
  • Office-Work Organization
  • Office Equipment and Supplies
CONT

Temporary signals are used to show the need for caution or for action [may be used on account cards to show when credit is stopped or when settlement is overdue and it is necessary to press for payment. ]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Classification des documents (Bibliothéconomie)
  • Organisation du travail de bureau
  • Équipement et fournitures de bureau
CONT

[On] distingue deux genres de signalisations [en classification des documents] : la signalisation fixe, qui met en relief des renseignements permanents et la signalisation mobile, qui met en évidence des indications temporaires.

OBS

[Un] dossier comportant un cavalier pont pour indiquer qu'un courrier s'y rapportant est à faire [est un exemple de signalisation mobile].

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation
  • Operating Systems (Software)
OBS

When an invoice is being processed, it can be blocked or stopped from being paid either automatically or manually. For example, the quantity indicated on the invoice is greater than the quantity received so the invoice was automatically blocked. Other reasons are as follows : Q=quantity variance, P=Price variance, D=schedule variance, G=Order price qantity variance, M=Manually blocked for payment, O=Blocked for æother’ reasons, I=Blocked for quality inspection

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiscalité
  • Systèmes d'exploitation (Logiciels)
OBS

Quand une facture est traitée, il est possible de la bloquer ou d'en retenir le paiement soit automatiquement ou manuellement. Par exemple, la quantité indiquée sur la facture est supérieure à la quantité reçue, ce qui bloque automatiquement la facture. Voici d'autres motifs : Q = écart de quantité, P = écart de prix, D = écart d'horaire, G = écart sur quantité en unité de prix, M = Paiement bloqué manuellement, O = Bloqué pour « d'autres » motifs, I = Bloqué pour inspection de la qualité Application MM du SAP.

Spanish

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Record 4 1999-11-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

A person who cleans the windscreen of a car stopped in traffic and solicits payment from the driver.

OBS

An extended use of the noun "squegee" (a rubber-edged implement set on a handle and used for cleaning windows).

Key term(s)
  • squegee man
  • squegee bandit
  • squeegee thug

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
CONT

La police de la Communauté urbaine de Montréal invite les automobilites à cesser de donner de la monnaie aux «squeegees», ces jeunes qui lavent les pare-brise aux intersections.

Spanish

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Record 5 1999-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Development
DEF

The building of houses on vacant lots in already developed or built-up areas of a city.

CONT

La grange : In-Fill Housing Program. A group of La Grange residents, in cooperation with the Village and several local lending institutions, set up this program to help moderate and low income families build houses on vacant lots on the East side. With funds from a Community Development Block Grant, the Village purchased the vacant lots and provided down payment and legal assistance. The new houses have stopped the spread of blight on the East side and brought once-vacant lots back onto the tax rolls.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Développement urbain
CONT

Sauvons Montréal, qui distribue annuellement les prix d'excellence en architecture à Montréal, a salué d'une mention honorable cette insertion d'immeubles, signés Mario Biocca, dans la trame de la rue Sainte-Famille.

OBS

Strictement parlant, on devrait préciser qu'il s'agit d'immeubles d'habitation.

Spanish

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Record 6 1996-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances

Spanish

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