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RETAINED INTEREST [8 records]

Record 1 2007-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Trusts (common law)
  • Law of Estates (common law)
DEF

A charitable gift annuity where the charity invests the contributed property and assumes the obligation to make payments to annuitant(s).

CONT

For a self-insured gift annuity, the charity itself is responsible to make all payments to the donor/annuitant. In the event that the donor/annuitant dies before the capital of the original payment is expended, the balance of the capital and any accrued interest will be retained by the charity as a charitable gift.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des fiducies (common law)
  • Droit successoral (common law)
DEF

Fiducie de bienfaisance où l'organisme de bienfaisance place les biens ayant fait l'objet d'un don et prend à sa charge le versement d'une rente à la personne désignée.

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Honorary Distinctions (Canadian)
  • Corporate Management (General)
OBS

The CONSUMERS’ CHOICE AWARD™ is an initiative of CONSUMERS’ CHOICE INSTITUTE(U. S. A.) and CONSUMERS’ CHOICE INSTITUTE(CANADA), which has retained a leading independent research firm to conduct a survey in major U. S. and Canadian cities. It is unique in North America, as the winners are determined by consumers and not by a panel of judges. It covers a broad range of categories of interest to the public and to the business community. Its purpose is to publicly identify those establishments which have been voted by consumers as being their choice for excellence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres honorifiques et décorations nationaux canadiens
  • Gestion de l'entreprise (Généralités)
OBS

Le PRIX DU CHOIX DES CONSOMMATEURS est une initiative de l'INSTITUT DU CHOIX DES CONSOMMATEURS (E.-U.) et de l'INSTITUT DU CHOIX DES CONSOMMATEURS (Canada) qui ont retenu les services d'une importante société de recherche pour mener un sondage dans plusieurs grandes villes du Canada et des États-Unis. Ce prix est unique en Amérique du Nord, car les entreprises sont évaluées par les consommateurs et non pas par un jury. Il présente un large éventail de catégories d'affaires offrant un intérêt tant pour le public que pour les gens d'affaires. Son objectif est d'identifier publiquement les établissements que les consommateurs ont désignés comme étant les meilleurs. Le PRIX DU CHOIX DES CONSOMMATEURS constitue un hommage prestigieux dans le monde des affaires. Il jouit de l'encouragement de trois paliers de gouvernement et de celui des dirigeants d'entreprises.

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
CONT

Retained value is defined as that part of value added in production or exports which accrues to domestic factors of production, i. e. excluding wages, profits, interest, royalties and other payments to foreign factors of production.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
CONT

La valeur retenue se définit par la fraction de la valeur ajoutée de la production ou des exportations échéant aux facteurs intérieurs de production, à l'exclusion des salaires, bénéfices, intérêts, redevances et autres revenus de facteurs versés au reste du monde.

Spanish

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Record 4 2002-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade
  • Electronic Commerce
CONT

As a Web merchant, you will pay separate merchant-bank account charges. Expect to pay setup fees of up to $200, a monthly statement fee(typically $10), a per-transaction fee(around 30 cents), and a discount rate ranging from 1% to 4% of each sale. The latter is the interest the card company charges for giving you the money up front before it debits the customer's account. A discount rate(determined by your credit history) of less than 2. 7% is considered good. Reserve fees-a portion of sales retained to cover refunds-can be as large as 15%. The bank can hold reserves for anywhere from several weeks to six months.

CONT

Although e-commerce has its benefits, it can be costly; there may be monthly processing fees, bank fees and reserve fees associated with each sale.

Key term(s)
  • reserve fee

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce
  • Commerce électronique
CONT

eBay s'apprête à augmenter aux États-Unis le niveau de ses commissions sur les transactions. À la fin du mois de janvier, les commissions seront rehaussées de 0,25 %. Pour les enchères inférieures à 25 dollars, la commission passera à 5,25 %. Sur la tranche supérieure, pour les offres de 1 000 dollars et plus, la commission atteindra 1,5 %. Les frais de réserve, pour les enchères à prix plancher, passeront d'un à deux dollars.

Spanish

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Record 5 1998-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Saving and Consumption
  • Meetings and Assemblies (Administration)
  • Statistical Surveys
DEF

a group of consumers who are retained to provide information of interest to an advertiser, advertising agency, or advertising research organization, as reactions to advertising or patterns of purchase and consumption.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épargne et consommation
  • Réunions et assemblées (Administration)
  • Sondages et enquêtes (Statistique)
DEF

échantillon représentatif de consommateurs chargés de donner leurs opinions, leurs réactions, de goûter, d'essayer les nouveaux produits.

CONT

Les principales initiatives des entreprises pour donner la parole à la clientèle sont les conseils de clientèle ou les «panels» de consommateurs, groupements aussi représentatifs que possible de la clientèle, que l'entreprise réunit à intervalles réguliers afin d'en connaître le point de vue. Ces conseils fonctionnent surtout auprès des grands magasins [...]

OBS

Même si le terme "panel de consommateurs" figure chez plusieurs auteurs français, il est néanmoins dénoncé comme anglicisme (cf. PEROB, 1985, p. 1347).

Spanish

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Record 6 1997-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
CONT

An exploration company farming out projects with retained interest.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
OBS

participation : Possession, par une société ou un particulier, d'une partie du capital d'une autre société.

Spanish

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Record 7 1993-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biomass Energy
  • Biochemistry
DEF

Biomass material constituted of chemically grown cells.

OBS

cell: Basic structural and functional unit of all living organisms. It is a complex collection of molecules with many different activities that are integrated to form a functional unit.

CONT

The use of growing cells in suspension as biocatalysts is generally termed fermentation. Such processes may be distinguished as batch, fed batch or continuous depending on the kinetic relationship between addition of substrate and harvesting of product. Non-growing systems include the use of suspensions, cells retained within a semipermeable membrane, or cells immobilized in or on a solid support. Such immobilized cells may be used in a fixed bed, expanded bed, fluid bed or fully mixed system.... Although many so-called fermentation reactions are carried out under aerobic conditions, these are of little interest in the present context since, when oxygen is used as the terminal electron acceptor, the production of low molecular weight metabolites of the type required is restricted and a high proportion of the carbon in the feedstock is converted into cell biomass.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Énergie de la biomasse
  • Biochimie
CONT

L'immobilisation cellulaire. Immobiliser les microalgues sur des supports poreux, transparents à la lumière, perméables aux échanges gazeux et à l'eau chargée de sels minéraux, c'est résoudre le problème ultérieur de la récolte par séparation de la phase liquide (milieu de culture) et de la phase solide (biomasse cellulaire).

Spanish

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Record 8 1980-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Conditions and Forecasting
  • Laws of the Market (Economy)
OBS

Critics fear that raising such ceilings [the rates banks can pay on time deposits] would make money tighter. Actually, the reverse happened in 1962-1965, as competitive economic theory predicted it would the member banks retained more funds than they otherwise would have, and the shift toward more time deposits at first had the good effect of keeping down the long-term interest rates(...), while permitting the Fed to tighten short-term rates(...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prévisions et conjonctures économiques
  • Lois du marché (Économie)

Spanish

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