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  • 41 to guarantee the quality

    to guarantee (to improve, to develop/to increase) the quality гарантировать (улучшать, повышать) качество

    English-Russian combinatory dictionary > to guarantee the quality

  • 42 Service Quality Metrics

    "Technology a user can enable that allows data relating to application use/performance/errors to be collected and sent to Microsoft, thus allowing Microsoft to continue to improve the product based on actual user data."

    English-Arabic terms dictionary > Service Quality Metrics

  • 43 upgrade

    1.
    [ʌp'greɪd] transitive verb
    1) (raise) befördern [Beschäftigte]; aufwerten [Stellung]
    2) (improve) verbessern
    3) (Computing) aufrüsten, nachrüsten [Computer]
    2.
    ['] noun (Computing) (act of upgrading) Nachrüsten, die; Erweiterung, die; (upgraded version) erweiterte Version; Upgrade, der (fachspr.)
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    1. verb
    (to improve the performance of a computer or other machine by installing better components or parts: How much will it cost me to upgrade my computer?)
    2. noun
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    up·grade
    I. vt
    [ʌpˈgreɪd]
    1. (improve quality)
    ▪ to \upgrade sth etw verbessern; COMPUT etw erweitern
    to \upgrade hardware Hardware nachrüsten [o aufrüsten]
    to \upgrade a program eine verbesserte Version eines Programms erstellen
    2. (raise in rank)
    ▪ to \upgrade sb jdn befördern
    ▪ to \upgrade sth etw aufwerten
    II. n
    [ˈʌpgreɪd]
    1. COMPUT Aufrüsten nt
    2. (version) verbesserte Version
    a software \upgrade eine verbesserte Version einer Software
    3. AM (slope) Steigung f
    4.
    ▶ to be on the \upgrade AM (improving in health) auf dem Wege der Besserung sein; (advancing) in einer Aufwärtsentwicklung begriffen sein
    our company has been on the \upgrade for the last six months mit unserer Firma ging es in den letzten sechs Monaten stetig aufwärts
    * * *
    ['ʌpgreɪd]
    1. n
    1) (= improved version) verbesserte Version; (COMPUT) Upgrade nt
    2) (US) Steigung f
    3) (fig)

    to be on the upgrade — sich auf dem aufsteigenden Ast befinden (inf)

    2. vt
    [ʌp'greɪd] employee befördern; job anheben; (= improve) verbessern; (= expand) computer system etc ausbauen, nachrüsten
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    upgrade [ˈʌpɡreıd]
    A s
    1. besonders US Steigung f, Anstieg m
    2. on the upgrade fig im (An)Steigen (begriffen)
    B adj besonders US an-, aufsteigend
    C adv besonders US bergauf
    D v/t [ʌpˈɡreıd]
    1. höher einstufen:
    upgrade sb’s status jemanden aufwerten
    2. jemanden (im Rang) befördern
    3. WIRTSCH
    a)(die Qualität gen) verbessern
    b) ein Produkt durch ein höherwertiges Erzeugnis ersetzen
    4. einen Computer etc nachrüsten
    * * *
    1.
    [ʌp'greɪd] transitive verb
    1) (raise) befördern [Beschäftigte]; aufwerten [Stellung]
    2) (improve) verbessern
    3) (Computing) aufrüsten, nachrüsten [Computer]
    2.
    ['] noun (Computing) (act of upgrading) Nachrüsten, die; Erweiterung, die; (upgraded version) erweiterte Version; Upgrade, der (fachspr.)
    * * *
    v.
    aktualisieren v.
    ausbauen v.
    erweitern v.
    verbessern v. n.
    Verbesserung f.

    English-german dictionary > upgrade

  • 44 enrich

    transitive verb
    1) (make wealthy) reich machen
    2) (fig.) bereichern; anreichern [Nahrungsmittel, Boden, Uran]; verbessern [Haut]
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    [in'ri ]
    (to improve the quality of: Fertilizers enrich the soil; Reading enriches the mind; an enriching (= useful and enjoyable) experience.) bereichern
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    en·rich
    [ɪnˈrɪtʃ, AM enˈ-]
    vt
    ▪ to \enrich sth etw bereichern
    2. (add to the contents)
    ▪ to \enrich sth [with sth] food etw [mit etw dat] anreichern
    to \enrich a collection eine Sammlung bereichern
    ▪ to \enrich oneself sich akk bereichern
    ▪ to \enrich sb jdn reich machen
    4. PHYS
    ▪ to \enrich sth [with sth] etw [mit etw dat] anreichern
    * * *
    [In'rɪtʃ]
    vt
    bereichern; soil, food anreichern
    * * *
    enrich [ınˈrıtʃ] v/t
    1. (o.s. sich) bereichern (auch fig)
    2. reich oder wertvoll machen
    3. anreichern:
    a) AGR den Boden ertragreich(er) machen
    b) CHEM, TECH veredeln
    c) CHEM den Nährwert erhöhen von (oder gen)
    4. (aus)schmücken, reich verzieren
    5. fig
    a) den Geist bereichern, befruchten
    b) den Wert etc erhöhen, steigern
    * * *
    transitive verb
    1) (make wealthy) reich machen
    2) (fig.) bereichern; anreichern [Nahrungsmittel, Boden, Uran]; verbessern [Haut]
    * * *
    v.
    anreichern v.
    bereichern v.

    English-german dictionary > enrich

  • 45 enrich

    en·rich [ɪnʼrɪtʃ, Am enʼ-] vt
    to \enrich sth etw bereichern
    to \enrich sth [with sth] food etw [mit etw dat] anreichern;
    to \enrich a collection eine Sammlung bereichern
    to \enrich oneself sich akk bereichern;
    to \enrich sb jdn reich machen
    4) phys
    to \enrich sth [with sth] etw [mit etw dat] anreichern

    English-German students dictionary > enrich

  • 46 upgrade

    up·grade vt [ʌpʼgreɪd]
    to \upgrade sth etw verbessern; comput etw erweitern;
    to \upgrade hardware Hardware nachrüsten;
    to \upgrade a program eine verbesserte Version eines Programms erstellen
    to \upgrade sb jdn befördern;
    to \upgrade sth etw aufwerten n [ʼʌpgreɪd]
    1) comput Aufrüsten nt
    2) ( version) verbesserte Version;
    a software \upgrade eine verbesserte Version einer Software
    3) (Am) ( slope) Steigung f
    PHRASES:
    to be on the \upgrade (Am) ( improving in health) auf dem Wege der Besserung sein;
    ( advancing) in einer Aufwärtsentwicklung begriffen sein;
    our company has been on the \upgrade for the last six months mit unserer Firma ging es in den letzten sechs Monaten stetig aufwärts

    English-German students dictionary > upgrade

  • 47 develop

    di'veləp
    past tense, past participle - developed; verb
    1) (to (cause to) grow bigger or to a more advanced state: The plan developed slowly in his mind; It has developed into a very large city.) desarrollar(se)
    2) (to acquire gradually: He developed the habit of getting up early.) contraer, adquirir
    3) (to become active, visible etc: Spots developed on her face.) aparecer
    4) (to use chemicals to make (a photograph) visible: My brother develops all his own films.) revelar
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    1. desarrollar
    2. revelar
    3. convertirse
    4. surgir / salir
    tr[dɪ'veləp]
    1 (cultivate, cause to grow - gen) desarrollar; (foster - trade, arts) fomentar, promover; (expand - business, industry) ampliar; (build up, improve - skill, ability, talent) perfeccionar
    2 (elaborate, expand - idea, argument, story) desarrollar; (- theory, plan) desarrollar, elaborar
    3 (start - roots) echar; (devise, invent - policy, method, strategy) idear, desarrollar; (- drug, product, technology) crear
    4 (acquire - habit, quality, feature) contraer, adquirir; (- talent, interest) mostrar; (- tendency) revelar, manifestar; (get - illness, disease) contraer; (- immunity, resistance) desarrollar
    5 (exploit - resources) explotar; (- site, land) urbanizar
    6 (film, photograph) revelar
    1 (grow - person, body, nation, region, etc) desarrollarse; (- system) perfeccionarse; (feeling, interest) aumentar, crecer
    2 (evolve - emotion) convertirse ( into, en), transformarse ( into, en), evolucionar; (plot, novel) desarrollarse
    3 (appear - problem, complication, symptom) aparecer, surgir; (situation, crisis) producirse
    4 (of film, photograph) salir
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    to develop a taste for something cogerle gusto a algo
    develop [di'vɛləp] vt
    1) form, make: desarrollar, elaborar, formar
    2) : revelar (en fotografía)
    3) foster: desarrollar, fomentar
    4) exploit: explotar (recursos), urbanizar (un área)
    5) acquire: adquirir
    to develop an interest: adquirir un interés
    6) contract: contraer (una enfermedad)
    1) grow: desarrollarse
    2) arise: aparecer, surgir
    v.
    • revelar (una película) v.
    v.
    • desarrollar v.
    • desenvolver v.
    • explotar v.
    • progresar v.
    • urbanizar v.
    dɪ'veləp
    1.
    1)
    a) (elaborate, devise) \<\<theory/plan\>\> desarrollar, elaborar; \<\<idea\>\> desarrollar; \<\<method\>\> idear, desarrollar; \<\<plot/story/character\>\> desarrollar
    b) ( improve) \<\<skill/ability/quality\>\> desarrollar
    c) ( exploit) \<\<land/area\>\> urbanizar*
    d) ( expand) \<\<business/range\>\> ampliar*
    e) ( create) \<\<drug/engine\>\> crear
    2) ( acquire) \<\<immunity/resistance\>\> desarrollar; \<\<disease\>\> contraer* (frml)

    I've developed a taste for... — le he tomado (el) gusto a...

    3) ( Phot) revelar

    2.
    vi
    1)
    a) ( grow) \<\<person/industry\>\> desarrollarse; \<\<interest\>\> crecer*, aumentar
    b) ( evolve)

    to develop INTO something — convertirse* or transformarse en algo

    c) ( Econ) \<\<nation/region\>\> desarrollarse, progresar
    d) ( unfold) \<\<plot/novel\>\> desarrollarse
    2) ( appear) \<\<problem/complication\>\> surgir*, aparecer*; \<\<crisis\>\> producirse*
    [dɪ'velǝp]
    1. VT
    1) (=make bigger, stronger etc) [+ mind, body] desarrollar; (fig) [+ argument, idea] desarrollar
    2) (=generate) [+ plan] elaborar; [+ process] perfeccionar
    3) (=acquire) [+ interest, taste, habit] adquirir; [+ disease] contraer; [+ tendency] coger, desarrollar; [+ engine trouble] empezar a tener
    4) (=build on) [+ region] desarrollar, fomentar; [+ land] urbanizar; [+ site] ampliar

    this land is to be developed — se va a construir en or urbanizar este terreno

    5) (=exploit) [+ resources, mine etc] explotar
    6) (Phot) revelar
    2. VI
    1) (=change, mature) desarrollarse

    to develop into — convertirse or transformarse en

    2) (=progress) [country] desarrollarse

    how is the book developing? — ¿qué tal va el libro?

    3) (=come into being) aparecer; [symptoms] aparecer, mostrarse
    4) (=come about) [idea, plan, problem] surgir

    it later developed that... — más tarde quedó claro que...

    * * *
    [dɪ'veləp]
    1.
    1)
    a) (elaborate, devise) \<\<theory/plan\>\> desarrollar, elaborar; \<\<idea\>\> desarrollar; \<\<method\>\> idear, desarrollar; \<\<plot/story/character\>\> desarrollar
    b) ( improve) \<\<skill/ability/quality\>\> desarrollar
    c) ( exploit) \<\<land/area\>\> urbanizar*
    d) ( expand) \<\<business/range\>\> ampliar*
    e) ( create) \<\<drug/engine\>\> crear
    2) ( acquire) \<\<immunity/resistance\>\> desarrollar; \<\<disease\>\> contraer* (frml)

    I've developed a taste for... — le he tomado (el) gusto a...

    3) ( Phot) revelar

    2.
    vi
    1)
    a) ( grow) \<\<person/industry\>\> desarrollarse; \<\<interest\>\> crecer*, aumentar
    b) ( evolve)

    to develop INTO something — convertirse* or transformarse en algo

    c) ( Econ) \<\<nation/region\>\> desarrollarse, progresar
    d) ( unfold) \<\<plot/novel\>\> desarrollarse
    2) ( appear) \<\<problem/complication\>\> surgir*, aparecer*; \<\<crisis\>\> producirse*

    English-spanish dictionary > develop

  • 48 near cash

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    гос. фин. The resource budget contains a separate control total for “near cash” expenditure, that is expenditure such as pay and current grants which impacts directly on the measure of the golden rule.
    This paper provides background information on the framework for the planning and control of public expenditure in the UK which has been operated since the 1998 Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR). It sets out the different classifications of spending for budgeting purposes and why these distinctions have been adopted. It discusses how the public expenditure framework is designed to ensure both sound public finances and an outcome-focused approach to public expenditure.
    The UK's public spending framework is based on several key principles:
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    consistency with a long-term, prudent and transparent regime for managing the public finances as a whole;
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    the judgement of success by policy outcomes rather than resource inputs;
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    strong incentives for departments and their partners in service delivery to plan over several years and plan together where appropriate so as to deliver better public services with greater cost effectiveness; and
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    the proper costing and management of capital assets to provide the right incentives for public investment.
    The Government sets policy to meet two firm fiscal rules:
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    the Golden Rule states that over the economic cycle, the Government will borrow only to invest and not to fund current spending; and
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    the Sustainable Investment Rule states that net public debt as a proportion of GDP will be held over the economic cycle at a stable and prudent level. Other things being equal, net debt will be maintained below 40 per cent of GDP over the economic cycle.
    Achievement of the fiscal rules is assessed by reference to the national accounts, which are produced by the Office for National Statistics, acting as an independent agency. The Government sets its spending envelope to comply with these fiscal rules.
    Departmental Expenditure Limits ( DEL) and Annually Managed Expenditure (AME)
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    Departmental Expenditure Limit ( DEL) spending, which is planned and controlled on a three year basis in Spending Reviews; and
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    Annually Managed Expenditure ( AME), which is expenditure which cannot reasonably be subject to firm, multi-year limits in the same way as DEL. AME includes social security benefits, local authority self-financed expenditure, debt interest, and payments to EU institutions.
    More information about DEL and AME is set out below.
    In Spending Reviews, firm DEL plans are set for departments for three years. To ensure consistency with the Government's fiscal rules departments are set separate resource (current) and capital budgets. The resource budget contains a separate control total for “near cash” expenditure, that is expenditure such as pay and current grants which impacts directly on the measure of the golden rule.
    To encourage departments to plan over the medium term departments may carry forward unspent DEL provision from one year into the next and, subject to the normal tests for tautness and realism of plans, may be drawn down in future years. This end-year flexibility also removes any incentive for departments to use up their provision as the year end approaches with less regard to value for money. For the full benefits of this flexibility and of three year plans to feed through into improved public service delivery, end-year flexibility and three year budgets should be cascaded from departments to executive agencies and other budget holders.
    Three year budgets and end-year flexibility give those managing public services the stability to plan their operations on a sensible time scale. Further, the system means that departments cannot seek to bid up funds each year (before 1997, three year plans were set and reviewed in annual Public Expenditure Surveys). So the credibility of medium-term plans has been enhanced at both central and departmental level.
    Departments have certainty over the budgetary allocation over the medium term and these multi-year DEL plans are strictly enforced. Departments are expected to prioritise competing pressures and fund these within their overall annual limits, as set in Spending Reviews. So the DEL system provides a strong incentive to control costs and maximise value for money.
    There is a small centrally held DEL Reserve. Support from the Reserve is available only for genuinely unforeseeable contingencies which departments cannot be expected to manage within their DEL.
    AME typically consists of programmes which are large, volatile and demand-led, and which therefore cannot reasonably be subject to firm multi-year limits. The biggest single element is social security spending. Other items include tax credits, Local Authority Self Financed Expenditure, Scottish Executive spending financed by non-domestic rates, and spending financed from the proceeds of the National Lottery.
    AME is reviewed twice a year as part of the Budget and Pre-Budget Report process reflecting the close integration of the tax and benefit system, which was enhanced by the introduction of tax credits.
    AME is not subject to the same three year expenditure limits as DEL, but is still part of the overall envelope for public expenditure. Affordability is taken into account when policy decisions affecting AME are made. The Government has committed itself not to take policy measures which are likely to have the effect of increasing social security or other elements of AME without taking steps to ensure that the effects of those decisions can be accommodated prudently within the Government's fiscal rules.
    Given an overall envelope for public spending, forecasts of AME affect the level of resources available for DEL spending. Cautious estimates and the AME margin are built in to these AME forecasts and reduce the risk of overspending on AME.
    Together, DEL plus AME sum to Total Managed Expenditure (TME). TME is a measure drawn from national accounts. It represents the current and capital spending of the public sector. The public sector is made up of central government, local government and public corporations.
    Resource and Capital Budgets are set in terms of accruals information. Accruals information measures resources as they are consumed rather than when the cash is paid. So for example the Resource Budget includes a charge for depreciation, a measure of the consumption or wearing out of capital assets.
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    Non cash charges in budgets do not impact directly on the fiscal framework. That may be because the national accounts use a different way of measuring the same thing, for example in the case of the depreciation of departmental assets. Or it may be that the national accounts measure something different: for example, resource budgets include a cost of capital charge reflecting the opportunity cost of holding capital; the national accounts include debt interest.
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    Within the Resource Budget DEL, departments have separate controls on:
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    Near cash spending, the sub set of Resource Budgets which impacts directly on the Golden Rule; and
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    The amount of their Resource Budget DEL that departments may spend on running themselves (e.g. paying most civil servants’ salaries) is limited by Administration Budgets, which are set in Spending Reviews. Administration Budgets are used to ensure that as much money as practicable is available for front line services and programmes. These budgets also help to drive efficiency improvements in departments’ own activities. Administration Budgets exclude the costs of frontline services delivered directly by departments.
    The Budget preceding a Spending Review sets an overall envelope for public spending that is consistent with the fiscal rules for the period covered by the Spending Review. In the Spending Review, the Budget AME forecast for year one of the Spending Review period is updated, and AME forecasts are made for the later years of the Spending Review period.
    The 1998 Comprehensive Spending Review ( CSR), which was published in July 1998, was a comprehensive review of departmental aims and objectives alongside a zero-based analysis of each spending programme to determine the best way of delivering the Government's objectives. The 1998 CSR allocated substantial additional resources to the Government's key priorities, particularly education and health, for the three year period from 1999-2000 to 2001-02.
    Delivering better public services does not just depend on how much money the Government spends, but also on how well it spends it. Therefore the 1998 CSR introduced Public Service Agreements (PSAs). Each major government department was given its own PSA setting out clear targets for achievements in terms of public service improvements.
    The 1998 CSR also introduced the DEL/ AME framework for the control of public spending, and made other framework changes. Building on the investment and reforms delivered by the 1998 CSR, successive spending reviews in 2000, 2002 and 2004 have:
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    provided significant increase in resources for the Government’s priorities, in particular health and education, and cross-cutting themes such as raising productivity; extending opportunity; and building strong and secure communities;
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    enabled the Government significantly to increase investment in public assets and address the legacy of under investment from past decades. Departmental Investment Strategies were introduced in SR2000. As a result there has been a steady increase in public sector net investment from less than ¾ of a per cent of GDP in 1997-98 to 2¼ per cent of GDP in 2005-06, providing better infrastructure across public services;
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    introduced further refinements to the performance management framework. PSA targets have been reduced in number over successive spending reviews from around 300 to 110 to give greater focus to the Government’s highest priorities. The targets have become increasingly outcome-focused to deliver further improvements in key areas of public service delivery across Government. They have also been refined in line with the conclusions of the Devolving Decision Making Review to provide a framework which encourages greater devolution and local flexibility. Technical Notes were introduced in SR2000 explaining how performance against each PSA target will be measured; and
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    not only allocated near cash spending to departments, but also – since SR2002 - set Resource DEL plans for non cash spending.
    To identify what further investments and reforms are needed to equip the UK for the global challenges of the decade ahead, on 19 July 2005 the Chief Secretary to the Treasury announced that the Government intends to launch a second Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) reporting in 2007.
    A decade on from the first CSR, the 2007 CSR will represent a long-term and fundamental review of government expenditure. It will cover departmental allocations for 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010 11. Allocations for 2007-08 will be held to the agreed figures already announced by the 2004 Spending Review. To provide a rigorous analytical framework for these departmental allocations, the Government will be taking forward a programme of preparatory work over 2006 involving:
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    an assessment of what the sustained increases in spending and reforms to public service delivery have achieved since the first CSR. The assessment will inform the setting of new objectives for the decade ahead;
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    an examination of the key long-term trends and challenges that will shape the next decade – including demographic and socio-economic change, globalisation, climate and environmental change, global insecurity and technological change – together with an assessment of how public services will need to respond;
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    to release the resources needed to address these challenges, and to continue to secure maximum value for money from public spending over the CSR period, a set of zero-based reviews of departments’ baseline expenditure to assess its effectiveness in delivering the Government’s long-term objectives; together with
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    further development of the efficiency programme, building on the cross cutting areas identified in the Gershon Review, to embed and extend ongoing efficiency savings into departmental expenditure planning.
    The 2007 CSR also offers the opportunity to continue to refine the PSA framework so that it drives effective delivery and the attainment of ambitious national standards.
    Public Service Agreements (PSAs) were introduced in the 1998 CSR. They set out agreed targets detailing the outputs and outcomes departments are expected to deliver with the resources allocated to them. The new spending regime places a strong emphasis on outcome targets, for example in providing for better health and higher educational standards or service standards. The introduction in SR2004 of PSA ‘standards’ will ensure that high standards in priority areas are maintained.
    The Government monitors progress against PSA targets, and departments report in detail twice a year in their annual Departmental Reports (published in spring) and in their autumn performance reports. These reports provide Parliament and the public with regular updates on departments’ performance against their targets.
    Technical Notes explain how performance against each PSA target will be measured.
    To make the most of both new investment and existing assets, there needs to be a coherent long term strategy against which investment decisions are taken. Departmental Investment Strategies (DIS) set out each department's plans to deliver the scale and quality of capital stock needed to underpin its objectives. The DIS includes information about the department's existing capital stock and future plans for that stock, as well as plans for new investment. It also sets out the systems that the department has in place to ensure that it delivers its capital programmes effectively.
    This document was updated on 19 December 2005.
    Near-cash resource expenditure that has a related cash implication, even though the timing of the cash payment may be slightly different. For example, expenditure on gas or electricity supply is incurred as the fuel is used, though the cash payment might be made in arrears on aquarterly basis. Other examples of near-cash expenditure are: pay, rental.Net cash requirement the upper limit agreed by Parliament on the cash which a department may draw from theConsolidated Fund to finance the expenditure within the ambit of its Request forResources. It is equal to the agreed amount of net resources and net capital less non-cashitems and working capital.Non-cash cost costs where there is no cash transaction but which are included in a body’s accounts (or taken into account in charging for a service) to establish the true cost of all the resourcesused.Non-departmental a body which has a role in the processes of government, but is not a government public body, NDPBdepartment or part of one. NDPBs accordingly operate at arm’s length from governmentMinisters.Notional cost of a cost which is taken into account in setting fees and charges to improve comparability with insuranceprivate sector service providers.The charge takes account of the fact that public bodies donot generally pay an insurance premium to a commercial insurer.the independent body responsible for collecting and publishing official statistics about theUK’s society and economy. (At the time of going to print legislation was progressing tochange this body to the Statistics Board).Office of Government an office of the Treasury, with a status similar to that of an agency, which aims to maximise Commerce, OGCthe government’s purchasing power for routine items and combine professional expertiseto bear on capital projects.Office of the the government department responsible for discharging the Paymaster General’s statutoryPaymaster General,responsibilities to hold accounts and make payments for government departments and OPGother public bodies.Orange bookthe informal title for Management of Risks: Principles and Concepts, which is published by theTreasury for the guidance of public sector bodies.Office for NationalStatistics, ONS60Managing Public Money
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    GLOSSARYOverdraftan account with a negative balance.Parliament’s formal agreement to authorise an activity or expenditure.Prerogative powerspowers exercisable under the Royal Prerogative, ie powers which are unique to the Crown,as contrasted with common-law powers which may be available to the Crown on the samebasis as to natural persons.Primary legislationActs which have been passed by the Westminster Parliament and, where they haveappropriate powers, the Scottish Parliament and the Northern Ireland Assembly. Begin asBills until they have received Royal Assent.arrangements under which a public sector organisation contracts with a private sectorentity to construct a facility and provide associated services of a specified quality over asustained period. See annex 7.5.Proprietythe principle that patterns of resource consumption should respect Parliament’s intentions,conventions and control procedures, including any laid down by the PAC. See box 2.4.Public Accountssee Committee of Public Accounts.CommitteePublic corporationa trading body controlled by central government, local authority or other publiccorporation that has substantial day to day operating independence. See section 7.8.Public Dividend finance provided by government to public sector bodies as an equity stake; an alternative to Capital, PDCloan finance.Public Service sets out what the public can expect the government to deliver with its resources. EveryAgreement, PSAlarge government department has PSA(s) which specify deliverables as targets or aimsrelated to objectives.a structured arrangement between a public sector and a private sector organisation tosecure an outcome delivering good value for money for the public sector. It is classified tothe public or private sector according to which has more control.Rate of returnthe financial remuneration delivered by a particular project or enterprise, expressed as apercentage of the net assets employed.Regularitythe principle that resource consumption should accord with the relevant legislation, therelevant delegated authority and this document. See box 2.4.Request for the functional level into which departmental Estimates may be split. RfRs contain a number Resources, RfRof functions being carried out by the department in pursuit of one or more of thatdepartment’s objectives.Resource accountan accruals account produced in line with the Financial Reporting Manual (FReM).Resource accountingthe system under which budgets, Estimates and accounts are constructed in a similar wayto commercial audited accounts, so that both plans and records of expenditure allow in fullfor the goods and services which are to be, or have been, consumed – ie not just the cashexpended.Resource budgetthe means by which the government plans and controls the expenditure of resources tomeet its objectives.Restitutiona legal concept which allows money and property to be returned to its rightful owner. Ittypically operates where another person can be said to have been unjustly enriched byreceiving such monies.Return on capital the ratio of profit to capital employed of an accounting entity during an identified period.employed, ROCEVarious measures of profit and of capital employed may be used in calculating the ratio.Public Privatepartnership, PPPPrivate Finance Initiative, PFIParliamentaryauthority61Managing Public Money
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    GLOSSARYRoyal charterthe document setting out the powers and constitution of a corporation established underprerogative power of the monarch acting on Privy Council advice.Second readingthe second formal time that a House of Parliament may debate a bill, although in practicethe first substantive debate on its content. If successful, it is deemed to denoteParliamentary approval of the principle of the proposed legislation.Secondary legislationlaws, including orders and regulations, which are made using powers in primary legislation.Normally used to set out technical and administrative provision in greater detail thanprimary legislation, they are subject to a less intense level of scrutiny in Parliament.European legislation is,however,often implemented in secondary legislation using powers inthe European Communities Act 1972.Service-level agreement between parties, setting out in detail the level of service to be performed.agreementWhere agreements are between central government bodies, they are not legally a contractbut have a similar function.Shareholder Executive a body created to improve the government’s performance as a shareholder in businesses.Spending reviewsets out the key improvements in public services that the public can expect over a givenperiod. It includes a thorough review of departmental aims and objectives to find the bestway of delivering the government’s objectives, and sets out the spending plans for the givenperiod.State aidstate support for a domestic body or company which could distort EU competition and sois not usually allowed. See annex 4.9.Statement of Excessa formal statement detailing departments’ overspends prepared by the Comptroller andAuditor General as a result of undertaking annual audits.Statement on Internal an annual statement that Accounting Officers are required to make as part of the accounts Control, SICon a range of risk and control issues.Subheadindividual elements of departmental expenditure identifiable in Estimates as single cells, forexample cell A1 being administration costs within a particular line of departmental spending.Supplyresources voted by Parliament in response to Estimates, for expenditure by governmentdepartments.Supply Estimatesa statement of the resources the government needs in the coming financial year, and forwhat purpose(s), by which Parliamentary authority is sought for the planned level ofexpenditure and income.Target rate of returnthe rate of return required of a project or enterprise over a given period, usually at least a year.Third sectorprivate sector bodies which do not act commercially,including charities,social and voluntaryorganisations and other not-for-profit collectives. See annex 7.7.Total Managed a Treasury budgeting term which covers all current and capital spending carried out by the Expenditure,TMEpublic sector (ie not just by central departments).Trading fundan organisation (either within a government department or forming one) which is largely orwholly financed from commercial revenue generated by its activities. Its Estimate shows itsnet impact, allowing its income from receipts to be devoted entirely to its business.Treasury Minutea formal administrative document drawn up by the Treasury, which may serve a wide varietyof purposes including seeking Parliamentary approval for the use of receipts asappropriations in aid, a remission of some or all of the principal of voted loans, andresponding on behalf of the government to reports by the Public Accounts Committee(PAC).62Managing Public Money
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    GLOSSARY63Managing Public MoneyValue for moneythe process under which organisation’s procurement, projects and processes aresystematically evaluated and assessed to provide confidence about suitability, effectiveness,prudence,quality,value and avoidance of error and other waste,judged for the public sectoras a whole.Virementthe process through which funds are moved between subheads such that additionalexpenditure on one is met by savings on one or more others.Votethe process by which Parliament approves funds in response to supply Estimates.Voted expenditureprovision for expenditure that has been authorised by Parliament. Parliament ‘votes’authority for public expenditure through the Supply Estimates process. Most expenditureby central government departments is authorised in this way.Wider market activity activities undertaken by central government organisations outside their statutory duties,using spare capacity and aimed at generating a commercial profit. See annex 7.6.Windfallmonies received by a department which were not anticipated in the spending review.
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    Англо-русский экономический словарь > near cash

  • 49 upgrade

    1. n подъём
    2. adv амер. вверх, в гору
    3. v переводить на более высокооплачиваемую работу; продвигать по службе
    4. v повышать качество
    5. v улучшать породу
    6. v повышать цену без повышения качества
    7. v воен. модернизировать; реконструировать
    Синонимический ряд:
    1. incline (noun) ascent; bank; grade; gradient; hill; incline; ramp; slope
    2. rise (noun) boost; breakthrough; hike; increase; rise; wax
    3. advance (verb) advance; elevate; jump; prefer; promote; raise
    4. help (verb) ameliorate; amend; better; elevate; help; meliorate
    5. improve (verb) add on; equip; implement; improve; modernise; modernize; outfit; raise the quality; supplement
    6. remodel (verb) remodel; renovate; update
    Антонимический ряд:
    decline; downgrade

    English-Russian base dictionary > upgrade

  • 50 age

    [ei‹] 1. noun
    1) (the amount of time during which a person or thing has existed: He went to school at the age of six (years); What age is she?) alder; alderstrin; levealder
    2) ((often with capital) a particular period of time: This machine was the wonder of the age; the Middle Ages.) tidsalder; -alder
    3) (the quality of being old: This wine will improve with age; With the wisdom of age he regretted the mistakes he had made in his youth.) alder
    4) ((usually in plural) a very long time: We've been waiting (for) ages for a bus.) evighed(er)
    2. verb
    (to (cause to) grow old or look old: He has aged a lot since I last saw him; His troubles have aged him.) ældes; blive gammel
    - ageless
    - age-old
    - the aged
    - come of age
    - of age
    * * *
    [ei‹] 1. noun
    1) (the amount of time during which a person or thing has existed: He went to school at the age of six (years); What age is she?) alder; alderstrin; levealder
    2) ((often with capital) a particular period of time: This machine was the wonder of the age; the Middle Ages.) tidsalder; -alder
    3) (the quality of being old: This wine will improve with age; With the wisdom of age he regretted the mistakes he had made in his youth.) alder
    4) ((usually in plural) a very long time: We've been waiting (for) ages for a bus.) evighed(er)
    2. verb
    (to (cause to) grow old or look old: He has aged a lot since I last saw him; His troubles have aged him.) ældes; blive gammel
    - ageless
    - age-old
    - the aged
    - come of age
    - of age

    English-Danish dictionary > age

  • 51 enrich

    [in'ri ]
    (to improve the quality of: Fertilizers enrich the soil; Reading enriches the mind; an enriching (= useful and enjoyable) experience.) berige; forbedre
    * * *
    [in'ri ]
    (to improve the quality of: Fertilizers enrich the soil; Reading enriches the mind; an enriching (= useful and enjoyable) experience.) berige; forbedre

    English-Danish dictionary > enrich

  • 52 Hadfield, Sir Robert Abbott

    SUBJECT AREA: Metallurgy
    [br]
    b. 28 November 1858 Attercliffe, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
    d. 30 September 1940 Kingston Hill, Surrey, England
    [br]
    English metallurgist and pioneer in alloy steels.
    [br]
    Hadfield's father, Robert, set up a steelworks in Sheffield in 1872, one of the earliest to specialize in steel castings. After his education in Sheffield, during which he showed an interest in chemistry, Hadfield entered his father's works. His first act was to set up a laboratory, where he began systematically experimenting with alloy steels in order to improve the quality of the products of the family firm. In 1883 Hadfield found that by increasing the manganese content to 12.5 per cent, with a carbon content of 1.4 per cent, the resulting alloy showed extraordinary resistance to abrasive wear even though it was quite soft. It was soon applied in railway points and crossings, crushing and grinding machinery, and wherever great resistance to wear is required. Its lack of brittleness led to its use in steel helmets during the First World War. Hadfield's manganese steel was also non-magnetic, which was later of importance in the electrical industry. Hadfield's other great invention was that of silicon steel. Again after careful and systematic laboratory work, Hadfield found that a steel containing 3–4 per cent silicon and as little as possible of other elements was highly magnetic, which was to prove important in the electrical industry (e.g. reducing the weight and bulk of electrical transformers). Hadfield took over the firm on the death of his father in 1888, but he continued to lay great stress on the need for laboratory research to improve the quality and range of products. The steel-casting side of the business led to a flourishing armaments industry, and this, together with their expertise in alloy steels, made Hadfield's one of the great names in Sheffield and British steel until, sadly, it succumbed along with so many other illustrious names during the British economic recession of 1983. Hadfield had a keen interest in metallurgical history, particularly in his characteristically thorough examination of the alloys of iron prepared by Faraday at the Royal Institution. Hadfield was an enlightened employer and was one of the first to introduce the eight-hour day.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Knighted 1908. Baronet 1917. FRS 1909.
    Bibliography
    A list of Hadfield's published papers and other works is published with a biographical account in Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society (1940) 10.
    LRD

    Biographical history of technology > Hadfield, Sir Robert Abbott

  • 53 taste

    1. transitive verb
    1) schmecken; (try a little) probieren; kosten
    2) (recognize flavour of) [heraus]schmecken
    3) (fig.): (experience) kosten (geh.) [Macht, Freiheit, [Miss]erfolg, Glück, Niederlage]
    2. intransitive verb
    1) (have sense of flavour) schmecken
    2) (have certain flavour) schmecken (of nach)
    3. noun
    1) (flavour) Geschmack, der

    to taste — nach Geschmack [verdünnen]

    this dish has no taste — dieses Gericht schmeckt nach nichts

    leave a nasty/bad etc. taste in the mouth — (lit. or fig.) einen unangenehmen/üblen usw. Nachgeschmack hinterlassen

    [sense of] taste — Geschmack[ssinn], der

    3) (discernment) Geschmack, der

    taste in art/music — Kunst-/Musikgeschmack, der

    it would be bad taste to do that — es wäre geschmacklos, das zu tun

    in good/bad taste — geschmackvoll/geschmacklos

    4) (sample, lit. or fig.) Kostprobe, die

    have a taste of — probieren [Speise, Getränk]; kennen lernen [Freiheit, jemandes Jähzorn, Arroganz]

    give somebody a taste of something — (lit. or fig.) jemandem eine Kostprobe einer Sache (Gen.) geben

    5) (liking) Geschmack, der (in für)

    have a/no taste for something — an etwas (Dat.) Geschmack/keinen Geschmack finden

    have expensive tastes in clothes — etc. eine Vorliebe für teure Kleidung usw. haben

    be/not be to somebody's taste — nach jemandes/nicht nach jemandes Geschmack sein

    * * *
    [teist] 1. verb
    1) (to be aware of, or recognize, the flavour of something: I can taste ginger in this cake.) schmecken
    2) (to test or find out the flavour or quality of (food etc) by eating or drinking a little of it: Please taste this and tell me if it is too sweet.) probieren
    3) (to have a particular flavour or other quality that is noticed through the act of tasting: This milk tastes sour; The sauce tastes of garlic.) schmecken
    4) (to eat (food) especially with enjoyment: I haven't tasted such a beautiful curry for ages.) kosten
    5) (to experience: He tasted the delights of country life.) erleben
    2. noun
    1) (one of the five senses, the sense by which we are aware of flavour: one's sense of taste; bitter to the taste.) der Geschmackssinn
    2) (the quality or flavour of anything that is known through this sense: This wine has an unusual taste.) der Geschmack
    3) (an act of tasting or a small quantity of food etc for tasting: Do have a taste of this cake!) die Kostprobe
    4) (a liking or preference: a taste for music; a queer taste in books; expensive tastes.) der Geschmack
    5) (the ability to judge what is suitable in behaviour, dress etc or what is fine and beautiful: She shows good taste in clothes; a man of taste; That joke was in good/bad taste.) der Geschmack
    •
    - academic.ru/73500/tasteful">tasteful
    - tastefully
    - tastefulness
    - tasteless
    - tastelessly
    - tastelessness
    - -tasting
    - tasty
    - tastiness
    * * *
    [teɪst]
    I. n
    1. no pl (flavour) Geschmack m
    she still had the \taste of onions in her mouth sie hatte immer noch den Zwiebelgeschmack im Mund
    sense of \taste Geschmackssinn m
    to leave a bad \taste in the mouth ( fig) einen üblen Nachgeschmack hinterlassen
    2. (small portion/mouthful of food) [kleiner] Bissen
    just a \taste of cake for me, please für mich bitte nur ein kleines Stückchen Kuchen
    3. (liking, fondness) Vorliebe f
    I've never understood Liz's \taste in men ich habe Liz' Geschmack, was Männer anbelangt, nie verstanden
    these olives are an acquired \taste diese Oliven sind gewöhnungsbedürftig
    to be a question of \taste Geschmackssache sein
    to have different \tastes verschiedene Geschmäcker haben
    to have an expensive \taste einen teuren Geschmack haben
    to acquire a \taste for sth an etw dat Geschmack finden
    to get a \taste for sth Gefallen an etw dat finden
    to lose the \taste for sth den Gefallen an etw dat verlieren
    4. no pl (aesthetic quality/discernment) Geschmack m
    jokes about death are rather in poor \taste Witze über den Tod sind ziemlich geschmacklos
    to be a matter of [personal] \taste Geschmackssache sein
    bad \taste schlechter Geschmack
    to be in excellent \taste von exzellentem Geschmack zeugen
    to be in terrible \taste äußerst geschmacklos sein
    to have [good] \taste [einen guten] Geschmack haben
    5. no pl ( fig: short encounter) Kostprobe f fig
    to give sb a \taste of the whip jdn die Peitsche spüren lassen
    to have a \taste of sth einen Vorgeschmack von etw dat bekommen
    II. vt
    1. (perceive flavour)
    ▪ to \taste sth etw schmecken; (test) etw probieren [o geh kosten]
    I can't \taste anything ich schmecke gar nichts
    2. (experience briefly)
    ▪ to \taste sth luxury, success [einmal] etw erleben
    III. vi schmecken
    ▪ to \taste of sth nach etw dat schmecken
    to \taste bitter/salty/sweet bitter/salzig/süß schmecken
    to \taste like sth wie etw schmecken
    * * *
    [teɪst]
    1. n
    1) (= sense) Geschmack(sinn) m

    to be sweet to the taste — süß schmecken, einen süßen Geschmack haben

    2) (= flavour) Geschmack m
    3) (= small amount) Kostprobe f, Versucherchen nt (inf); (fig, as an example) Kostprobe f; (of sth in the future) Vorgeschmack m

    would you like some? – just a taste — möchten Sie etwas? – nur eine Idee

    to have a taste (of sth) (lit) — (etw) probieren or kosten; (fig) eine Kostprobe (von etw) bekommen; (of sth to come) einen Vorgeschmack (von etw) haben

    two years in the army will give him a taste of discipline —

    to give sb a taste of the whip he gave them a taste of his bad temper a taste of what was to come — jdn die Peitsche or Knute spüren lassen er gab ihnen eine (Kost)probe seiner schlechten Laune ein Vorgeschmack dessen, was noch kommen sollte

    4) (= liking) Geschmack m no pl

    she has expensive tastes in hats — was Hüte anbelangt, hat sie einen teuren Geschmack

    5) (= discernment) Geschmack m

    she has very good taste in furniture — was Möbel anbelangt, hat sie einen sehr guten Geschmack

    to be in doubtful taste —

    the house is furnished in impeccable taste — das Haus ist, was Geschmack betrifft, tadellos eingerichtet

    2. vt
    1) (= perceive flavour of) schmecken; blood lecken

    I can't taste anything —

    2) (= take a little) versuchen, probieren, kosten
    3) (= test) wine verkosten; food products probieren; (official) prüfen
    4) (fig) power, freedom, success, victory erfahren, erleben

    once the canary had tasted freedom... — als der Kanarienvogel erst einmal Geschmack an der Freiheit gefunden hatte...

    3. vi
    1) (food, drink) schmecken

    to taste good or nice — (gut) schmecken

    2)

    those who have tasted of the knowledge of Zen — diejenigen, denen die Weisheit des Zen zuteilgeworden ist (geh)

    * * *
    taste [teıst]
    A v/t
    1. Speisen etc kosten, (ab)schmecken, probieren (auch fig): → blood A 1
    2. essen, trinken:
    he had not tasted food for days er hatte seit Tagen keinen Bissen gegessen
    3. a) (in) etwas herausschmecken (aus), etwas schmecken (in dat)
    b) etwas schmecken:
    I’ve got a cold, I can’t taste anything
    4. fig kosten, kennenlernen, erleben, erfahren
    5. fig genießen
    B v/i
    1. schmecken (of nach):
    the soup didn’t taste of anything
    2. taste of fig riechen oder schmecken nach
    3. kosten, versuchen, probieren ( alle:
    of von oder akk)
    4. taste of fig → A 4
    C s
    1. Geschmack m, pl auch Geschmacksrichtungen pl:
    there was a sour taste in his mouth er hatte einen sauren Geschmack im Mund;
    have no (a funny) taste nach nichts (komisch) schmecken;
    I have no taste for … … schmeckt oder schmecken mir nicht;
    improve the taste of etwas geschmacklich verfeinern;
    leave a bad ( oder nasty) taste in one’s mouth bes fig bei jemandem einen üblen Nachgeschmack hinterlassen
    2. Geschmack(ssinn) m
    3. (Kost) Probe f (of von oder gen):
    a) kleiner Bissen, Happen m
    b) Schlückchen n:
    have a taste of sth etwas kosten oder probieren
    4. fig (of) (Kost)Probe f (gen), Vorgeschmack m (von):
    5. fig Beigeschmack m, Anflug m ( beide:
    of von)
    6. fig (künstlerischer oder guter) Geschmack:
    be a man of taste Geschmack haben;
    have expensive tastes einen teuren Geschmack haben;
    what are your tastes in music? welche Musik mögen Sie?;
    each to their taste jeder nach seinem Geschmack;
    a) geschmacklos,
    b) weitS. taktlos;
    a) geschmackvoll,
    b) weitS. taktvoll; → account B 3, matter A 3
    7. fig Geschmacksrichtung f, Mode f:
    today’s tastes pl der Geschmack von heute
    8. fig (for)
    a) Neigung f (zu), Vorliebe f, Sinn m (für):
    b) Geschmack m, Gefallen n (an dat):
    that’s not to my taste das ist nicht nach meinem Geschmack;
    that’s not to everybody’s taste das ist nicht jedermanns Sache;
    have a (no) taste for (keinen) Geschmack finden an
    * * *
    1. transitive verb
    1) schmecken; (try a little) probieren; kosten
    2) (recognize flavour of) [heraus]schmecken
    3) (fig.): (experience) kosten (geh.) [Macht, Freiheit, [Miss]erfolg, Glück, Niederlage]
    2. intransitive verb
    2) (have certain flavour) schmecken (of nach)
    3. noun
    1) (flavour) Geschmack, der

    to taste — nach Geschmack [verdünnen]

    leave a nasty/bad etc. taste in the mouth — (lit. or fig.) einen unangenehmen/üblen usw. Nachgeschmack hinterlassen

    [sense of] taste — Geschmack[ssinn], der

    3) (discernment) Geschmack, der

    taste in art/music — Kunst-/Musikgeschmack, der

    it would be bad taste to do that — es wäre geschmacklos, das zu tun

    in good/bad taste — geschmackvoll/geschmacklos

    4) (sample, lit. or fig.) Kostprobe, die

    have a taste of — probieren [Speise, Getränk]; kennen lernen [Freiheit, jemandes Jähzorn, Arroganz]

    give somebody a taste of something — (lit. or fig.) jemandem eine Kostprobe einer Sache (Gen.) geben

    5) (liking) Geschmack, der (in für)

    have a/no taste for something — an etwas (Dat.) Geschmack/keinen Geschmack finden

    have expensive tastes in clothes — etc. eine Vorliebe für teure Kleidung usw. haben

    be/not be to somebody's taste — nach jemandes/nicht nach jemandes Geschmack sein

    * * *
    n.
    Geschmack m.
    Kostprobe f. (of) v.
    kosten v.
    schmecken (nach) v. v.
    kosten (Essen) v.
    schmecken v.

    English-german dictionary > taste

  • 54 lot

    I.
    A pron
    1 ( great deal) a lot beaucoup ; we buy a lot at the market nous achetons beaucoup de choses au marché ; he likes to spend a lot on holidays il aime dépenser beaucoup d'argent en vacances ; to get a lot out of tirer beaucoup de [book, activity] ; to do a lot to help sb/improve sth faire beaucoup pour aider qn/améliorer qch ; there's not a lot to tell il n'y a pas grand-chose à raconter ; they didn't have a lot left il ne leur restait pas grand-chose ; he knows a lot about sport il s'y connaît beaucoup en sport ; you've taken (rather) a lot on tu en fais (un peu) trop ; I'd give a lot to be able to do je donnerais cher pour pouvoir faire ; it says a lot about her/the regime ça en dit long sur elle/le régime ; it has a lot to do with anxiety c'est très lié à l'angoisse ; that has a lot to do with it c'est très lié ; an awful lot énormément ; there's an awful lot left to do il reste énormément de choses à faire ; quite a lot beaucoup, pas mal ○ ; to mean quite a lot to sb avoir beaucoup or pas mal ○ d'importance pour qn ; she knows quite a lot about cinema elle s'y connaît très bien en cinéma ; we have such a lot in common nous avons tellement or tant de choses en commun ; such a lot depends on… tellement or tant de choses dépendent de… ; it takes such a lot out of me ça me fatigue tellement ; he's been through such a lot il a tellement or tant souffert ;
    2 ○ ( entire amount or selection) the lot tout ; she ate the (whole) lot elle a tout mangé, elle a mangé le tout ; they'll confiscate the lot! ils vont tout confisquer or confisquer le tout! ; you can take the lot tu peux tout prendre, tu peux prendre le tout ; I'll write you a cheque for the lot je vous ferai un chèque pour le tout ; the whole lot tied with a ribbon le tout attaché avec un ruban ; the best speech of the lot le meilleur de tous les discours ; the nicest dress of the lot la plus belle de toutes les robes ; heartburn, cramps, the lot! des brûlures d'estomac, des crampes, bref tout! ;
    3 ○ ( specific group of people) she's the best/nicest of the lot c'est la meilleure/la plus gentille (de tous/toutes) ; that lot péj ces gens-là pej ; I don't trust that lot je me méfie de ces gens-là ; you lot vous, vous autres ; listen you lot, I've had enough! écoutez, j'en ai vraiment assez de vous! ; my lot can't even spell properly les miens ne savent même pas écrire correctement ; they're not a bad lot ils ne sont pas méchants ; he's a bad lot ○ c'est un sale type ○ ; the best of a bad lot ○ le moins pire ○.
    1 ( great deal) a lot of beaucoup de ; a lot of money/energy/people beaucoup d'argent/d'énergie/de gens ; it affects a lot of women cela touche beaucoup de femmes ; I don't have a lot of time je n'ai pas beaucoup de temps ; not a lot of people know that il n'y a pas beaucoup de gens qui savent ça ; I see a lot of him je le vois beaucoup ; you've done a lot of teaching tu as beaucoup enseigné ; to spend an awful ○ lot of time doing passer énormément de temps à faire ; he has an awful ○ lot of responsibility il a énormément de responsabilité ; there were quite a lot of people/ cars/books il y avait beaucoup or pas mal ○ de gens/voitures/livres ; quite a lot of people disagree il y a beaucoup de personnes qui ne sont pas d'accord ; quite a lot of our efforts/support… une bonne part de nos efforts/notre soutien… ; what a lot of people/books! que de monde/de livres! ; ⇒ fat ;
    2 ○ ( entire group) get out, the (whole) lot of you! sortez tous! ; I'd sack the lot of them! je les mettrais tous à la porte! ; I'll outlive the lot of you! je vous enterrerai tous!
    C lots ○ quantif, pron lots (and lots) of des tas ○ de [people, cars, shops, jobs, stories, vegetables] ; beaucoup de [music, money, traffic, wine, blood] ; there are lots of things to do il y a beaucoup de or des tas ○ de choses à faire ; we have lots in common nous avons des or un tas ○ de choses en commun ; …and lots more …et beaucoup d'autres choses ; ‘has he got records?’-‘yes, lots! il a des disques?-oui des tas ○ !’
    D lots ○ adv lots better/more interesting beaucoup or vachement ○ mieux/plus intéressant.
    E a lot adv phr beaucoup ; a lot better/easier/more useful beaucoup mieux/plus facile/plus utile ; a lot worse bien pire ; they talk a lot about justice ils parlent beaucoup de justice ; she works at home a lot elle travaille beaucoup à la maison ; you find this a lot with teenagers on rencontre beaucoup ce problème chez les adolescents ; the situation has improved a lot la situation s'est beaucoup améliorée ; we visit them a lot nous leur rendons souvent visite ; this happens quite a lot cela arrive très souvent ; an awful lot cheaper beaucoup moins cher ; you're smoking an awful lot ○ tu fumes beaucoup ; it would help an awful ○ lot ça aiderait beaucoup ; he travels abroad such a lot il voyage beaucoup à l'étranger ; thanks a lot ○ ! merci beaucoup!
    II.
    lot n
    1 ( destiny) sort m ; ( quality of life) condition f ; to be happy with one's lot être content de son sort ; to improve one's lot améliorer sa condition ; to improve the lot of the elderly améliorer la condition des personnes âgées ; the poverty and disease which are the lot of many la pauvreté et la maladie qui sont le lot de beaucoup de gens ; a policeman's lot is not a happy one la vie d'un policier n'est pas enviable ; to throw in one's lot with sb allier son destin à celui de qn ;
    2 US ( piece of land) parcelle f (de terrain) ; vacant lot terrain m vague ; used car lot garage m vendant des voitures d'occasion ; ⇒ parking lot ;
    3 ( at auction) lot m ; lot No. 69, an oil painting by Gauguin lot n° 69, une huile de Gauguin ; ⇒ job lot ;
    4 ( decision-making process) tirage m au sort ; to draw ou cast lots tirer au sort (to do pour faire) ; to be chosen ou decided by lot être tiré au sort ; the lot fell to me ou it fell to my lot to do le sort a voulu que je fasse ;
    5 Cin ( studio) studio m ;
    6 (set, batch) (of goods, articles) lot m (of de) ; (of produce, fish) arrivage m (of de) ; (of students, recruits, tourists) arrivage m hum.

    Big English-French dictionary > lot

  • 55 DQI

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    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > DQI

  • 56 life

    n (pl lives)
    жизнь; продолжительность службы, срок службы; срок (действие договора и т.п.); стаж

    to bar smb from public life — запрещать кому-л. заниматься общественной деятельностью

    to be in danger of one's life — подвергать опасности свою жизнь

    to devote one's life to serving one's country — посвящать жизнь службе своей стране

    to disrupt life — нарушать жизнь (города, страны)

    to end lifes — лишать кого-л. жизни

    to fear for one's own life — опасаться за свою жизнь

    to fight for one's political life — бороться за свое место в политической жизни

    to get life — разг. быть приговоренным к пожизненному тюремному заключению

    to get life back to normal — нормализовать обстановку, восстанавливать нормальную жизнь

    to give smb a better life — улучшать чью-л. жизнь

    to jail smb for life — приговаривать кого-л. к пожизненному тюремному заключению

    to make an attempt on smb's life — совершать покушение на кого-л.

    to oust smb from political life — исключать кого-л. из политической жизни

    to pay for smth with one's life — поплатиться за что-л. жизнью

    to put smb's life in danger — ставить чью-л. жизнь под угрозу

    to rebuild one's life — перестраивать свою жизнь

    to sacrifice one's life — жертвовать своей жизнью

    to safeguard the life of smb — ограждать кого-л. от посягательств на его жизнь

    to send smb away for life — приговаривать кого-л. к пожизненному тюремному заключению

    to send smb back to private life — положить конец чьей-л. карьере

    to take one's own life — совершать самоубийство

    to threaten smb's life — угрожать чьей-л. жизни

    - appointment for life
    - army life
    - at the expense of innocent lifes
    - attempt on the life of smb
    - collegiate life
    - commercial life is at a standstill
    - commercial life
    - country's integration into general life
    - cultural life
    - day-to-day life
    - economic life
    - events of international life
    - everyday life
    - expected life
    - family life
    - for life     - in search of a better life
    - intellectual life
    - it costs more lifes
    - kiss of life
    - life is getting back to normal
    - life of a treaty
    - life of an agreement
    - life of dignity
    - life was at risk
    - life-affirming
    - life-and-death
    - life-asserting
    - loss of life
    - married life
    - material life
    - monastic life     - personal life
    - phenomena of social life
    - political life
    - powerful influence on political life
    - private life
    - project life
    - public life
    - quality of life
    - remote from life
    - service life
    - social life
    - society's intellectual life
    - socio-political life
    - spiritual life
    - stressful life
    - the quality of life has deteriorated
    - this might cost lifes

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  • 57 better

    I.
    better n parieur/-ieuse m/f.
    II.
    ❢ When better is used as an adjective it is translated by meilleur or mieux depending on the context (see below, and note that meilleur is the comparative form of bon, mieux the comparative form of bien). The choice between meilleur and mieux in the construction to be better than depends on whether bon or bien would be used originally with the noun. Other constructions translate as follows: this is a better bag/car = ce sac/cette voiture est mieux ; it is better to do = il vaut mieux faire or il est mieux de faire. As an adverb, better can almost always be translated by mieux. For more examples and particular usages, see the entry below.
    A n
    1 (something preferable, more excellent) the better le/la meilleur/-e m/f ; much ou by far the better of the two de loin le/la meilleur/-e des deux ;
    2 ( more desirable state of affairs) to deserve/expect/hope for better mériter/attendre/espérer mieux ; so much the better, all the better tant mieux ; a change ou turn for the better une amélioration ; to change ou take a turn for the better s'améliorer ; the weather changed, and not for the better le temps a changé, et pas en mieux ;
    3 ( superior person) one's betters ses supérieurs mfpl.
    1 (more pleasing, satisfactory) [weather, day, news, joke, forecast, review, salary, price, range] meilleur ; [party, game, book, film, activity] mieux ; playing is better than watching jouer, c'est mieux que de regarder ; to get better s'améliorer ; the weather is no better le temps n'est pas meilleur or ne s'est pas amélioré ; things are getting better ça va mieux ; ‘good news?’-‘it couldn't be better!’ ‘bonnes nouvelles?’-‘on ne peut meilleures!’ ; to look/sound better être/sonner mieux ; to taste/smell better être/sentir meilleur, avoir un/-e meilleur/-e goût/odeur ; it would taste all the better for some salt ce serait meilleur avec du sel ; it looked all the better for it cela n'en était que mieux ; that's better! voilà qui est mieux! ;
    2 (well, recovered) to be better [patient, cold, headache] aller mieux ; to feel all the better for se sentir mieux après [rest, meal] ; better than I/it was mieux qu'avant ;
    3 ( happier) [mood] meilleur ; to feel better se sentir mieux ; I'd feel better if you did/didn't do je me sentirais mieux si tu faisais/ne faisais pas ; if it makes you feel any better ( less worried or awkward) si ça t'aide à te sentir mieux ; ( less sad) si ça peut te consoler ; to feel better about doing ( less nervous) se sentir à même de faire ; (less worried, guilty) avoir moins de scrupules à faire ;
    4 (of superior quality, class) [food, result, film, book, quality] meilleur ; [car, carpet, district, family] mieux ; [land, school, hotel] meilleur, mieux ; [coat, shoes, furniture] de meilleure qualité ; one of the better schools une des meilleures écoles ; he went to a better school than I did ou than me il est allé dans une école meilleure que la mienne ;
    5 (more virtuous, commendable) [person] mieux ; [life, influence, nature] meilleur ; to be a better man/woman than être mieux que ; you're a better man than I am! tu es mieux que moi! ; to be no better than sb ne pas être mieux que qn ; to be no better than a thief être un voleur ni plus ni moins ;
    6 ( more skilled) [doctor, actor, teacher] meilleur ; to be a better poet than sb être meilleur poète que qn ; to be a better swimmer than sb nager mieux que qn ; to be a better singer than dancer chanter mieux que l'on ne danse ; to be a better father than husband être meilleur père que mari ; to be better at être meilleur en [subject, sport] ; to be better at doing faire mieux ; he's no better at driving than she is ou than her il ne conduit pas mieux qu'elle ;
    7 (more suitable, valid, appropriate) [tune, tool, way, word, idea, example, reason, excuse, choice] meilleur ; to be better for être meilleur pour [purpose, task] ; to be better for doing être mieux pour faire ; to be better than nothing être mieux que rien ; better a part-time job than no job mieux vaut un travail à mi-temps que pas de travail ; the bigger/sooner the better le plus grand/vite possible ; the faster you work the better plus tu travailles vite, mieux ça vaudra ; the less said about that the better mieux vaut ne pas parler de ça ; who better to play the part? qui mieux pourrait jouer le rôle? ; where/how better to do…? quel meilleur endroit/moyen pour faire…? ;
    8 ( more beneficial) [exercise, food] meilleur ; swimming is better for you than running nager est meilleur pour la santé que courir ;
    9 ( more accurate) [description, recollection, view, understanding] meilleur ; in order to get a better look pour mieux voir ; to be a better likeness être plus ressemblant.
    1 ( more adequately or excellently) mieux ; to fit/behave better than aller/se comporter mieux que ; better made/organized than mieux fait/organisé que ; to think better of sb avoir une meilleure opinion de qn ; better behaved/educated plus sage/cultivé ; to be better tempered/mannered avoir meilleur caractère/de meilleures manières ; to do better (in career, life) réussir mieux ; (in exam, essay) faire mieux ; ( in health) aller mieux ; ‘could do better’ ‘pourrait or peut mieux faire’ ; the better to see/hear pour mieux voir/entendre ; the more she talked, the better I understood plus elle parlait, mieux je comprenais ;
    2 ( more advisably or appropriately) mieux ; it couldn't have been better timed ça n'aurait pu mieux tomber ; the money would be better spent on il vaudrait mieux dépenser l'argent en ; he is better left alone il vaut mieux le laisser seul ; you would be better advised to do tu serais mieux avisé de faire ; you would do better to do tu ferais mieux de faire ; you had better do, you'd better do ( advising) tu ferais mieux de faire ; ( warning) tu as intérêt à faire ; I'd better go je ferais mieux de m'en aller ; ‘will she come?’-‘she'd better! ou she better ○ !’ ‘est-ce qu'elle viendra?’-‘elle a intérêt!’ ; ‘will it be open?’-‘it had better be! ou it better had be! ou it better be ○ !’ ‘est-ce que ça sera ouvert?’-‘il y a intérêt!’ ; ‘more cake?’-‘I'd better not’ ‘encore du gâteau?’-‘non merci’ ; ‘shall I come?’-‘better not’ ‘est-ce que je viens?’-‘il vaut mieux pas’ ; better still,… ou mieux,…
    D vtr
    1 ( surpass) améliorer [score, one's performance, achievement] ; faire mieux que [rival's performance, achievement] ; to better sb's offer offrir un meilleur prix que qn ;
    2 ( improve) améliorer [condition, quality].
    E v refl to better oneself améliorer sa condition.
    for better (or) for worse gen advienne que pourra ; ( in wedding vow) pour le meilleur et pour le pire ; to get the better of [person] triompher de, vaincre [enemy, opponent, problem] ; his curiosity got the better of him sa curiosité a pris le dessus ; the problem got the better of her le problème l'a dépassée ; to go one better faire encore mieux (than que) ; to think better of it changer d'avis.

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  • 58 Deming Prize

    Gen Mgt
    an annual award to a company that has achieved significant performance improvement through the successful application of company-wide quality control. The Deming Prize was established in recognition of the work carried out by W. Edwards Deming in postwar Japan to improve manufacturing quality by reducing the potential for error. The Deming Prize has been awarded annually since 1951 by the Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers. Contenders have to be able to demonstrate that, by applying the disciplines outlined by the assessment components, the productivity, growth, and financial performance of the organization have been improved. Entrants require substantial resource in order to be able to submit their entry, which can take years to prepare. The focus of the Deming Prize reflects a rigor for the identification and elimination of defects through teamwork. The prize was also the first to apply the process of self-assessment, which has been adopted by other models such as the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and the EFQM Excellence Model.

    The ultimate business dictionary > Deming Prize

  • 59 Barnack, Oskar

    [br]
    b. 1879 Berlin, Germany
    d. January 1936 Wetzlar, Germany
    [br]
    German camera designer who conceived the first Leica camera and many subsequent models.
    [br]
    Oskar Barnack was an optical engineer, introspective and in poor health, when in 1910 he was invited through the good offices of his friend the mechanical engineer Emil Mechau, who worked for Ernst Leitz, to join the company at Wetzlar to work on research into microscope design. He was engaged after a week's trial, and on 2 January 1911 he was put in charge of microscope research. He was an enthusiastic photographer, but excursions with his large and heavy plate camera equipment taxed his strength. In 1912, Mechau was working on a revolutionary film projector design and needed film to test it. Barnack suggested that it was not necessary to buy an expensive commercial machine— why not make one? Leitz agreed, and Barnack constructed a 35 mm movie camera, which he used to cover events in and around Wetzlar.
    The exposure problems he encountered with the variable sensitivity of the cine film led him to consider the design of a still camera in which short lengths of film could be tested before shooting—a kind of exposure-meter camera. Dissatisfied with the poor picture quality of his first model, which took the standard cine frame of 18×24 mm, he built a new model in which the frame size was doubled to 36×24 mm. It used a simple focal-plane shutter adjustable to 1/500 of a second, and a Zeiss Milar lens of 42 mm focal length. This is what is now known as the UR-Leica. Using his new camera, 1/250 of the weight of his plate equipment, Barnack made many photographs around Wetzlar, giving postcard-sized prints of good quality.
    Ernst Leitz Junior was lent the camera for his trip in June 1914 to America, where he was urged to put it into production. Visiting George Eastman in Rochester, Leitz passed on Barnack's requests for film of finer grain and better quality. The First World War put an end to the chances of developing the design at that time. As Germany emerged from the postwar chaos, Leitz Junior, then in charge of the firm, took Barnack off microscope work to design prototypes for a commercial model. Leitz's Chief Optician, Max Berek, designed a new lens, the f3.5 Elmax, for the new camera. They settled on the name Leica, and the first production models went on show at the Leipzig Spring Fair in 1925. By the end of the year, 1,000 cameras had been shipped, despite costing about two months' good wages.
    The Leica camera established 35 mm still photography as a practical proposition, and film manufacturers began to create the special fine-grain films that Barnack had longed for. He continued to improve the design, and a succession of new Leica models appeared with new features, such as interchangeable lenses, coupled range-finders, 250 exposures. By the time of his sudden death in 1936, Barnack's life's work had forever transformed the nature of photography.
    [br]
    Further Reading
    J.Borgé and G.Borgé, 1977, Prestige de la, photographie.
    BC

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  • 60 Crompton, Samuel

    SUBJECT AREA: Textiles
    [br]
    b. 3 December 1753 Firwood, near Bolton, Lancashire, England
    d. 26 June 1827 Bolton, Lancashire, England
    [br]
    English inventor of the spinning mule.
    [br]
    Samuel Crompton was the son of a tenant farmer, George, who became the caretaker of the old house Hall-i-th-Wood, near Bolton, where he died in 1759. As a boy, Samuel helped his widowed mother in various tasks at home, including weaving. He liked music and made his own violin, with which he later was to earn some money to pay for tools for building his spinning mule. He was set to work at spinning and so in 1769 became familiar with the spinning jenny designed by James Hargreaves; he soon noticed the poor quality of the yarn produced and its tendency to break. Crompton became so exasperated with the jenny that in 1772 he decided to improve it. After seven years' work, in 1779 he produced his famous spinning "mule". He built the first one entirely by himself, principally from wood. He adapted rollers similar to those already patented by Arkwright for drawing out the cotton rovings, but it seems that he did not know of Arkwright's invention. The rollers were placed at the back of the mule and paid out the fibres to the spindles, which were mounted on a moving carriage that was drawn away from the rollers as the yarn was paid out. The spindles were rotated to put in twist. At the end of the draw, or shortly before, the rollers were stopped but the spindles continued to rotate. This not only twisted the yarn further, but slightly stretched it and so helped to even out any irregularities; it was this feature that gave the mule yarn extra quality. Then, after the spindles had been turned backwards to unwind the yarn from their tips, they were rotated in the spinning direction again and the yarn was wound on as the carriage was pushed up to the rollers.
    The mule was a very versatile machine, making it possible to spin almost every type of yarn. In fact, Samuel Crompton was soon producing yarn of a much finer quality than had ever been spun in Bolton, and people attempted to break into Hall-i-th-Wood to see how he produced it. Crompton did not patent his invention, perhaps because it consisted basically of the essential features of the earlier machines of Hargreaves and Arkwright, or perhaps through lack of funds. Under promise of a generous subscription, he disclosed his invention to the spinning industry, but was shabbily treated because most of the promised money was never paid. Crompton's first mule had forty-eight spindles, but it did not long remain in its original form for many people started to make improvements to it. The mule soon became more popular than Arkwright's waterframe because it could spin such fine yarn, which enabled weavers to produce the best muslin cloth, rivalling that woven in India and leading to an enormous expansion in the British cotton-textile industry. Crompton eventually saved enough capital to set up as a manufacturer himself and around 1784 he experimented with an improved carding engine, although he was not successful. In 1800, local manufacturers raised a sum of £500 for him, and eventually in 1812 he received a government grant of £5,000, but this was trifling in relation to the immense financial benefits his invention had conferred on the industry, to say nothing of his expenses. When Crompton was seeking evidence in 1811 to support his claim for financial assistance, he found that there were 4,209,570 mule spindles compared with 155,880 jenny and 310,516 waterframe spindles. He later set up as a bleacher and again as a cotton manufacturer, but only the gift of a small annuity by his friends saved him from dying in total poverty.
    [br]
    Further Reading
    H.C.Cameron, 1951, Samuel Crompton, Inventor of the Spinning Mule, London (a rather discursive biography).
    Dobson \& Barlow Ltd, 1927, Samuel Crompton, the Inventor of the Spinning Mule, Bolton.
    G.J.French, 1859, The Life and Times of Samuel Crompton, Inventor of the Spinning Machine Called the Mule, London.
    The invention of the mule is fully described in H. Gatling, 1970, The Spinning Mule, Newton Abbot; W.English, 1969, The Textile Industry, London; R.L.Hills, 1970, Power in the Industrial Revolution, Manchester.
    C.Singer (ed.), 1958, A History of Technology, Vol. IV, Oxford: Clarendon Press (provides a brief account).
    RLH

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