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STAND [1 record]

Record 1 2025-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade Fairs, Exhibitions, and Shows
DEF

A small, partly open structure for showing and selling things at a fair or market ...

CONT

The booth area refers to the amount of floor space assigned to an exhibitor, and is usually sold in 10' x 10' increments. The booth number is a number assigned by show management to identify an exhibitor's floor space. Booth personnel are the employees assigned by an exhibitor to work in an exhibit.

OBS

Not to be confused with "kiosk," which refers to a light ornamental structure that is used for the sale of newspapers, for a band-stand or for other purposes, and which resembles the open pavilions or summerhouses, often supported by pillars and surrounded with a balustrade, that are common in Turkey and Persia and that are imitated in gardens and parks in the Western world.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salons, foires et expositions (Commerce)
DEF

Espace réservé à un exposant et aménagé temporairement dans le but de vendre des produits et des services lors d'une exposition, d'une foire ou d'un salon.

CONT

La superficie du stand renvoie à la surface utile allouée à un exposant et se loue habituellement par bloc de 10 pi x 10 pi. Le numéro de stand est un numéro assigné par la direction de l'exposition pour identifier l'espace qu'occupe un exposant. Le personnel du stand est formé d'employés que charge un exposant de travailler dans le cadre d'une exposition.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Salones, ferias y exposiciones comerciales
DEF

Instalación dentro de un mercado o feria, para la exposición y venta de productos.

OBS

estand; puesto; caseta : La Fundación del Español Urgente(Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que "estand" es la adaptación en español de la palabra inglesa "stand". [...] La palabra "estand"(plural "estands") aparece en la vigesimotercera edición del diccionario académico[, ] no obstante se pueden usar otras alternativas como "pabellón"(cuando se trata de un edificio de un tamaño considerable), "caseta" o "puesto"(para instalaciones de pequeñas dimensiones) y "expositor".

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