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GHILDE MARCHANDS [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2005-11-09
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Organizations and Associations (Admin.)
- Trade
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- merchant guild
1, record 1, English, merchant%20guild
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A European medieval association composed of traders interested in international commerce. 2, record 1, English, - merchant%20guild
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
In time the merchant guild gained a monopoly over the entire industry and commerce of the city, supervising the various crafts, and selling, at both wholesale and retail, all the goods manufactured in the city. 3, record 1, English, - merchant%20guild
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Organismes et associations (Admin.)
- Commerce
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- guilde des marchands
1, record 1, French, guilde%20des%20marchands
feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- ghilde des marchands 2, record 1, French, ghilde%20des%20marchands
feminine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Quand une guilde des marchands voit le jour dans une province, elle établit une situation de monopole pour les activités commerciales de la zone et vend ses biens par-delà les mers pour en tirer de juteux bénéfices s'il y a un port et des routes maritimes. La guilde permet de générer de copieux revenus. 1, record 1, French, - guilde%20des%20marchands
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
guilde : Association de secours mutuel entre marchands [...] artisans, bourgeois, au moyen âge. 3, record 1, French, - guilde%20des%20marchands
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
guilde : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004). 2, record 1, French, - guilde%20des%20marchands
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Organismos y asociaciones (Admón.)
- Comercio
Record 1, Main entry term, Spanish
- asociación de comerciantes
1, record 1, Spanish, asociaci%C3%B3n%20de%20comerciantes
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 1, Synonyms, Spanish
- gremio de comerciantes 2, record 1, Spanish, gremio%20de%20comerciantes
masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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