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POSITION PREFERRED [17 records]

Record 1 2017-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personnel and Job Evaluation
  • Federal Administration
CONT

An important element in the implementation of the Official Languages Act is the identification of the language requirements of each position in accordance with the need to serve the public and to allow employees to work in their preferred language.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Évaluation du personnel et des emplois
  • Administration fédérale
CONT

L'identification des exigences linguistiques de chaque poste en fonction des besoins du service au public et du droit du personnel à travailler dans la langue de son choix constitue un élément important de la mise en œuvre de la Loi sur les langues officielles.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
  • Stock Exchange
CONT

The preferred shareholder occupies a position between that of the company's creditors and that of the common shareholders. Preferred shareholders are usually entitled to a fixed dividend out of net earnings, subject to the discretion of the Board of Directors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
  • Bourse
CONT

L'actionnaire privilégié se trouve dans une situation intermédiaire entre les créanciers et les actionnaires ordinaires de la compagnie. Généralement, les actionnaires privilégiés ont droit, à la discrétion du conseil d'administration, à un dividende fixe, tiré à même le bénéfice net de la compagnie.

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lexicology, Lexicography, Terminology
DEF

[A] preferred term, expression or proper name, given in first position in the entry term block of a language module.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lexicologie, lexicographie et terminologie
DEF

Terme, expression ou appellation à privilégier et qui figure en première position dans le bloc des vedettes d'un module linguistique.

Spanish

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Record 4 2008-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Auditing (Accounting)
CONT

Globally preferred by employers, the Certified Fraud Examiner(CFE) designation denotes proven expertise in fraud prevention, detection, deterrence and investigation. Members with the CFE credential experience professional growth and quickly position themselves as leaders in the global anti-fraud community.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Vérification (Comptabilité)
OBS

Il n'existe pas d'équivalent officiel pour ce terme en français.

Spanish

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Record 5 2005-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Husbandry
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
DEF

Leather or nylon headgear, with attachments for side reins and lunge line, worn by the horse when it is being lunged.

CONT

A cavesson resembles a heavy, well fitting halter and is the preferred headpiece for longeing(lungeing) English horses. "Breaking" cavessons are generally made of stout leather with heavy metal nosepieces and have straps to fasten them securely and keep them in position because during "breaking" it is often necessary to tug or pull quite hard on the line to control the horse. Lighter, simpler cavessons are also available for the very young horse, the already-trained horse, for use with a bit or bridle, and for use as a dropped noseband.

OBS

The traditional cavesson is made from leather but nylon cavessons are also available. A longeing (lungeing) cavesson has a padded noseband with a jointed metal nosepiece that usually has 3 swivel-mounted rings attached to it. Generally the middle ring is used for longeing (lungeing) unless a horse carries his head to the outside of the circle extremely. In that case, the inside cavesson ring can be used to bend the horse inward on the longeing (lungeing) circle. The side rings are also used for side rein attachment or long line attachment.

CONT

Stubben 1085 Crank Caveson Bridle ... Stubben’s crank caveson comes with a single roller buckle which tightens the chinstrip from both sides, providing equal pressure all around.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des chevaux
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

Licol renforcé à l'avant, sur le dessus duquel on attache la longe.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cría de ganado caballar
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
PHR

Cabezón de trabajo a cuerda.

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Record 6 2004-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electoral Systems and Political Parties
CONT

Two-line free vote. Government takes a position and recommends preferred outcome to caucus. Ministers and Parliament secretaries affected are bound to support government position...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques

Spanish

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Record 7 2000-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Citizenship and Immigration
OBS

Terminology used by Citizenship and Immigration Canada and the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
OBS

Terminologie employée par Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada et la Commission de l'immigration et du statut de réfugié (CISR).

Spanish

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Record 8 1993-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Citizenship and Immigration

French

Domaine(s)
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
OBS

Source : CISR

Spanish

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Record 9 1991-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
  • Stock Exchange
CONT

When an individual feels the market has reached too high a point for further common stock investment, then a change to a more defensive position is warranted. To accomplish this change, long term bonds and/or preferred stocks are substituted for common stocks. This change will ensure that very little dollar value of the portfolio will be lost if a downturn in the stock market should occur.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
  • Bourse
CONT

Lorsque l'on sent que le marché a atteint un niveau trop élevé pour faire de nouveaux placements en actions ordinaires, il est justifié de procéder à des opérations en vue de prendre une position plus défensive. Pour ce faire, on remplace les actions ordinaires par des obligations à long terme ou par des actions privilégiées. Ceci permet de réduire au maximum les pertes que l'on subirait sur le portefeuille s'il se produisait une baisse des cours.

Spanish

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Record 10 1991-07-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
  • Citizenship and Immigration

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
OBS

Document de la CISR.

Spanish

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Record 11 1989-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biological Sciences
DEF

Industrial use of enzymes.

CONT

The closeness to which the position of chemical equilibrium can be reached in an enzyme catalysed reaction is also determined by factors such as product inhibition, so that the susceptibility of individual enzymes to product inhibition may vary appreciably. This parameter is an important determinant of the actual position of equilibrium reached, especially when high substrate concentrations, which are preferred in industrial enzymology, are used.

OBS

The field still appears to be in its infancy, and many major problems need to be overcome. These include: overcoming of permeability barriers and the supply of oxygen to immobilized cells or enzymes which require it as a substrate; the use of water-insoluble and water-immiscible substrates such as steroids and hydrocarbons; the discovery of new enzymes with novel enzyme activities, the use of less easily available classes of enzymes such as membrane-bound enzymes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences biologiques
DEF

Utilisation d'enzymes à des fins de production industrielle. (D'après UNIVE, 1984, vol. 6, pp. 1226, 1227)

CONT

Lorsque les techniques seront couplées à la mise au point d'enzymes artificielles, particulièrement stables car réduites à la structure de leur site actif, il y a fort à parier que l'enzymologie industrielle prendra une place importante dans l'industrie des pays développés.

OBS

Actuellement, les deux principaux secteur d'utilisation des enzymes industrielles sont l'industrie de transformation de l'amidon et l'industrie des détergents, ils représentent environ 70 % du marché des enzymes industrielles.

Spanish

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Record 12 1989-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
CONT

A recent innovation in the treasury bill market has been the expanded use of "when-issued" trading. A when-issued treasury bill is a contract either to purchase or to sell the treasury bills that are to be auctioned at the next weekly tender.... For example, the when-issued market allows an investor to acquire a position before the treasury bill offering for an assured amount and at an assured rate, a course that may be preferred to waiting for the auction itself or until after the auction. The when-issued market also allows a participant to create a short position by selling the bills before they have been auctioned.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
CONT

Une innovation récente du marché des bons du Trésor a été le recours accru aux transactions conclues avant l'émission. Une opérations sur bons du Trésor avant l'émission est un contrat par lequel on s'engage à acheter ou à vendre des bons du Trésor qui seront mis en vente à la prochaine adjudication hebdomadaire. (...) A titre d'exemple, une opération sur bons du Trésor avant l'émission permet à un investisseur de prendre un position avant que les bons du Trésor soient mis en adjudication et de fixer d'avance le montant des bons et leur taux de rendement, ce qui lui convient peut-être mieux que d'attendre pour acheter à l'adjudication même ou après. Elle permet également à un opérateur de prendre une position vendeur avant l'adjudication.

OBS

Fiche établie par Chritine Laliberté, terminologue à la Banque du Canada à Ottawa.

Spanish

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Record 13 1989-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Welding and Soldering (Metals)
DEF

The welding position used to weld from the upper side of the joint; the face of the weld is approximately horizontal.

OBS

flat position should be preferred to downhand position.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Soudage (Métal)
DEF

Position de soudage selon laquelle la soudure est exécutée à partir de la partie supérieure du joint; la face de la soudure est approximativement horizontale.

Spanish

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Record 14 1986-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
  • Stock Exchange
CONT

This "preference as to assets" clause is found in most preferred share issues. Since the preferred shareholder has given up any claim on earnings beyond the agreed-upon dividend, it is logical that his position as a "limited shareholder" be buttressed by this prior claim on assets.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
  • Bourse
CONT

Cette clause des «droits de priorité sur l'actif» se rencontre dans la plupart des émissions d'actions privilégiées. Puisque l'actionnaire privilégié a renoncé à son droit de participation aux bénéfices au-delà du dividende fixé, il est logique que sa situation, en tant qu'actionnaire «limité», soit renforcée par un droit prioritaire sur l'actif.

Spanish

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Record 15 1986-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Advertising Media
DEF

A specific position requested by an advertiser, who pays a premium for it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports publicitaires

Spanish

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Record 16 1986-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Layout (Graphic Arts)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maquette et mise en page

Spanish

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Record 17 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personnel Management

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion du personnel

Spanish

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