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DEJEUNER AFFAIRES [2 records]

Record 1 1999-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic and Industrial Sociology
DEF

A recognized occasion at which busy and influential people can hold high-level discussions outside the course of the normal working day. Originated in America at the beginning of the eighties and soon crossed the Atlantic.

CONT

To be a power luncher in the eighties was a symbol of political and commercial success. In the nineties, "power lunching" may be used with a more ironic inflection.

Key term(s)
  • working lunch
  • power luncher
  • power lunching

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie économique et industrielle
OBS

Voir «petit déjeuner de choc».

Spanish

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Record 2 1986-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hotel Services
  • Restaurant Industry (General)
  • Meetings and Assemblies (Administration)
DEF

meal taken at noon with a view to a business discussion.

OBS

luncheon: a light meal of ... formal character usu. for a group of people in a public dining room (as at a club meeting or a business meeting).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Services hôteliers
  • Restauration (Généralités)
  • Réunions et assemblées (Administration)
DEF

Repas où l'on se réunit à midi pour discuter d'affaires.

OBS

Ne pas confondre "business lunch" et "businessmen's lunch".

Spanish

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