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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2012-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lace and Lacework (Textiles)
  • Lace (Embroidery)
DEF

Ornamental openwork fabric, made in a variety of designs by intricate manipulation of the fiber by machine or by hand.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentelles, tulles et guipures (Textiles)
  • Dentelles
DEF

Étoffe légère, très ajourée, constituée d'un fond formé par un réseau sur lequel apparaissent divers dessins opaques.

OBS

Il existe différentes sortes de dentelles suivant la nature du point.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Encajes, tules y guipures (Textiles)
  • Encajes (Bordado)
DEF

Tejido claro, de mallas y contornos complicados, que se obtiene entrelazando y retorciendo uno o varios hilos manualmente (con ganchillos o bolillos) o mecánicamente, mediante telares especiales.

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Record 2 2012-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Embroidery (General)
  • Trimming and Embroidery
DEF

The art of working raised and ornamental designs in threads of silk, cotton, gold, silver, or other material, upon any woven fabrics ... with a needle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Broderie (Généralités)
  • Passementerie et broderie
DEF

Art de réaliser à l'aiguille, sur une étoffe servant de support, des applications de motifs ornementaux à l'aide de fils de coton, de lin, de laine, de soie, de rayonne ou de métal.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bordado (Generalidades)
  • Pasamanería y bordado
DEF

Labor de motivos ornamentales sobre una tela que sirve de soporte.

OBS

El bordado se distingue del encaje por la existencia de un fondo sobre el cual se aplica o entreteje aquél.

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Record 3 2006-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
DEF

A multiprogramming technique in which parts of one program are inserted into another so that, if there are processing delays in one program, the other program can be processed.

OBS

The term "interleaving" is also used as a synonym for "interlacing" in computer graphics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
DEF

Manière d'associer des éléments deux à deux, en un élément de début de description et un élément de tri de description.

CONT

Une interface de canal multiple réalisera les imbrications des transferts à partir de plusieurs périphériques lents.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec «entrelacement».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
OBS

Se refiere a un programa o subprograma que contiene una estructura semejante a sí mismo. Por ejemplo, un ciclo (bucle o lazo) de instrucciones comprendiendo otro ciclo y así sucesivamente, bajando varios niveles.

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Record 4 2004-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comercio
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Record 5 2004-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
  • Taxation
DEF

The statutory requirement on chartered banks to hold reserves against certain of their deposit liabilities, with these reserves kept on deposit with the Bank of Canada.

CONT

It is now generally agreed that the prime function of reserve requirements is no longer to provide liquidity but to offer instruments through which the central bank can control the volume of bank loans and investments and thereby influence the demand for goods and services so as to achieve the nation's economic goals.

Key term(s)
  • minimum reserve requirement
  • required cash reserves
  • reserve requirements

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
  • Fiscalité
DEF

Sommes que chaque établissement de crédit doit conserver à la banque centrale sous forme de dépôts.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Operaciones bancarias
  • Sistema tributario
DEF

Se denomina encaje bancario a las reservas de dinero legal que los bancos han de mantener en su caja y en el banco central para atender a la demanda de efectivo por parte de sus depositantes.

PHR

encaje metálico, encaje bancario.

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Record 6 2004-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
  • Commercial Law
DEF

The fraction of demand deposit money which a commercial bank must keep in its reserve account.

OBS

The reserve requirement ratio determines the expansion of deposits that can be supported by each additional dollar of reserves.

Key term(s)
  • reserve coefficient

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
  • Droit commercial
DEF

Rapport prescrit par la loi entre les fonds propres des banques et l'ensemble de leurs engagements.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Operaciones bancarias
  • Derecho mercantil
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Record 7 2000-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insurance
  • Banking

French

Domaine(s)
  • Assurances
  • Banque

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Seguros
  • Operaciones bancarias
DEF

Activos líquidos de los bancos formados por el dinero legal para hacer frente a las necesidades de caja.

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Record 8 1999-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
DEF

Étalon monétaire constitué par un poids d'argent.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Política monetaria y mercado de cambios
DEF

Sistema monetario que tiene su encaje metálico en plata. En realidad, nunca existió un patrón plata originario, sino por degradación del patrón bimetálico(«patrón cojo») al quedar la plata-tras la inconvertibilidad oro-como único metal para la convertibilidad de los billetes de banco; pero con un valor plata inferior al valor facial de los billetes.

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Record 9 1998-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pricing Theory
  • Market Prices
  • Industry-Government Relations (Econ.)
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

A governmental policy to maximise the price of a commodity or commodities, to protect the consumer against high prices. This is done for political reasons on occasions when the government wishes to keep down wages/inflation. [Klein, Gérald. Dictionary of Banking. Pitman Publishing, 1995.]

CONT

Government price regulation is not needed ... Eighteen pharmaceutical companies, with more than two-thirds of U.S. sales, have pledged to keep prices at or below inflation - and are honoring their pledges....

Key term(s)
  • control of prices

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie des prix
  • Prix (Commercialisation)
  • Relations de l'industrie avec l'État (Écon.)
  • Commerce extérieur
DEF

Action exercée par les pouvoirs publics en matière de prix en vue de surveiller le libre jeu de la loi de l'offre et de la demande et même de le limiter ou de le supprimer.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Teoría de fijación de precios
  • Precios (Comercialización)
  • Relaciones de la industria con el Estado (Economía)
  • Comercio exterior
DEF

Medida de política financiera que realizan las autoridades hacendarias con el fin de controlar los volúmenes monetarios del encaje legal bancario, de tal forma que el crédito pueda contraerse, expandirse o mantenerse constante.

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Record 10 1998-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vocabulario general
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Record 11 1998-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
DEF

Additional deposits that, by law, depository institutions (e.g., banks) must set aside in their vaults or with the central bank. In the U.S., this applies to additional reserve requirements on increased managed liabilities imposed by the Federal Reserve, in order to curtail the expansion of bank lending.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Operaciones bancarias
Key term(s)
  • coeficiente marginal de reserva
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Record 12 1994-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Language (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Linguistique (Généralités)
DEF

Opération grammaticale par laquelle un énoncé est enchâssé dans un autre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Lingüística (Generalidades)
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