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Record 1 2010-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Investment
DEF

A market in which trading in individual securities occurs at specific times as opposed to continuously.

CONT

In a call market all orders to buy and sell a particular security are assembled at one time in order to determine a price at which most of the orders can be executed. The participants then move on to a different security. Call markets are frequently used in situations in which there are few securities and participants.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Investissements et placements
DEF

Marché sur lequel les offres et les demandes concernant une valeur sont confrontées à un moment donné afin de fixer le cours de la valeur.

OBS

Le cours correspond alors au prix d'équilibre entre les offres et les demandes, et les opérations ne peuvent être réalisées qu'au moment du fixage du cours. Plusieurs cours successifs peuvent être établis pendant la séance.

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pools
  • Equipment and Facilities (Recreation)
  • Sports Facilities and Venues
  • Swimming
OBS

outdoor pool: term used by Parks Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Piscines
  • Installations et équipement (Loisirs)
  • Installations et sites (Sports)
  • Natation
DEF

Piscine construite à l'air libre, servant à la détente ou à la natation sportive.

OBS

piscine extérieure : terme en usage à Parcs Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Piscinas
  • Instalaciones y equipo (Recreación)
  • Instalaciones y sedes deportivas
  • Natación
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Record 3 2023-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Fishing
CONT

The line hauler is an essential equipment in a long liner which hauls up the main line with the branch lines and catch … The line hauler works with the help of the main line drum … It is a pulley or a roller arrangement [that] helps the hauling of the lines to the forward deck of the vessel.

Key term(s)
  • linehauler
  • long line hauler
  • long-line hauler

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pêche commerciale
DEF

Système mécanisé à une ou plusieurs poulies à gorge étroite, utilisé pour le relevage des lignes, en particulier des palangres.

Key term(s)
  • vire ligne
  • vire lignes
  • vire-lignes
  • vire-palangre
  • vire-palangres

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pesca comercial
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Record 4 1999-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Curling
CONT

Any rock in the house that is closer to the centre than an opponent's rock scores a point; a rock that scores for a team in an end is a counter.

OBS

Distinguish "shot" meaning a "shot rock" or "counter" from "shot," a synonym of "delivery."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Curling
DEF

Toute pierre en position de marquer un point pour une équipe dans une manche.

CONT

Ta pierre a été un marqueur dans les deux dernières manches.

OBS

Le terme «point» se dit d'une pierre près du bouton : «Notre équipe a deux points dans la maison». Ne pas confondre le «lancer de placement» et son résultat possible, la «pierre qui marque», également un équivalent du terme anglais «counter».

Key term(s)
  • lancer de placement

Spanish

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Record 5 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Proverbs and Maxims

French

Domaine(s)
  • Proverbes et dictons

Spanish

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Record 6 1990-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephone Exchanges
  • Waveguides

French

Domaine(s)
  • Centraux téléphoniques
  • Guides d'ondes

Spanish

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Record 7 1985-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions

Spanish

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Record 8 1992-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • War and Peace (International Law)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)
OBS

Source : Agenda pour la paix (1992).

Spanish

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Record 9 1998-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Provincial Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
OBS

Ministry of Agriculture and Food.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouvernements provinciaux canadiens
OBS

Ministère de l'Agriculture et de l'Alimentation.

Spanish

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Record 10 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Exterior Covering Materials

French

Domaine(s)
  • Revêtements extérieurs
OBS

(revêtements)

Spanish

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