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Record 1 2015-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

In racquetball, badminton or tennis, no score, or a score of zero for one side.

CONT

Tennis. Each player has no points to start with (zero is called "love"). If you are the server and you win the first point, the score will be 15-0 (15-love) in your favor. The server's score is always announced first. Had you lost the first point, the score would have been 0-15 (love-15).

OBS

Probably derived from the French word "l'œuf", meaning egg - and implying the old goose egg, whose form is the same as the digit zero.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Absence de point, avant le match ou pendant le match, dans les sports de raquette.

OBS

Tennis. Au début du match, la marque est de 0-0 (love). Si le serveur gagne un point, c'est alors 15-0 en sa faveur, étant donné qu'on indique toujours les points du serveur en premier. Si, par contre, il perd le point, ce sera plutôt 0-15.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
CONT

Para ganar un juego [de tenis] hay que obtener cuatro puntos y siempre se cantan primero los puntos de quien sirve. Los puntos que se ganan se cuentan así: ningún punto igual a cero.

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Record 2 1999-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Social Problems
OBS

Organization which is established in Montréal, Quebec.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Problèmes sociaux
OBS

Organisme établi à Montréal (Québec).

Spanish

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Record 3 1996-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
CONT

Handicapping in tennis ... Known players are allotted a handicap annually that mirrors their competitive results. ... Points are awarded as either received or owed odds in each group of six games of a set, according to your standard of play. Players cannot be given a handicap greater than owe 50, or more than receive 40 ... For the purpose of matching the handicaps of different handicap players, handicaps are also graded above and below scratch (the handicap of 0), where. 1 owed or received equals a handicap of 1/6 of 15 owed or received. ... When both players are handicapped to receive points or both to owe points, they play on the difference of their respective handicaps. In the case of received odds the player with the less odds goes back to scratch (love) and in owed odds he goes forward to scratch. ... when players meet with handicaps on either side of scratch, two points owed are equal to one received....

OBS

In English, the term "scratch" can have two different meanings in tennis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Au tennis, dans l'allocation des handicaps, point zéro à partir duquel on ajoute les points reçus (maximum : 40) et on retranche les points dus (maximum : 50).

Spanish

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