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21 DB; defined benefits
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22 funding of defined benefit plans
provisionnement des régimes à prestations déterminées (TT)English-French insurance dictionari > funding of defined benefit plans
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23 narrowly defined
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24 non-defined benefit plan
régimes à prestations indéterminées (2e)English-French insurance dictionari > non-defined benefit plan
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25 user defined
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26 as, defined, in, that, Act
au sens de cette loiEnglish-French legislative terms > as, defined, in, that, Act
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27 as, defined, in, the, Act
au sens de la LoiEnglish-French legislative terms > as, defined, in, the, Act
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28 define
define [dɪˈfaɪn]a. définir ; [+ problem] cernerb. ( = outline) the tower was clearly defined against the sky la tour se détachait nettement sur le ciel* * *[dɪ'faɪn]transitive verb1) définir [term, limits] (as comme)2) ( pinpoint) déterminer [problem]3) -
29 sharp
sharp [∫α:p]1. adjectivea. ( = good for cutting) [knife, razor, blade] (bien) aiguisé ; [piece of glass, edge] coupantb. ( = pointed) [pencil] bien taillé ; [needle, pin] très pointu ; [teeth, fingernails, beak, chin] pointu ; [fang, point] acéré ; [features] anguleuxc. ( = well-defined) [contrast, TV picture, difference] net ; [division] fort• to bring into sharp focus [+ problem, issue] faire ressortir nettementd. ( = acute) [person] malin (- igne f) ; [intelligence, wit] vif ; [awareness] aigu (- guë f) ; [eyesight] perçant ; [hearing] fin• to keep a sharp look-out for sb/sth guetter qn/qchf. ( = intense) [pain, sensation, wind, cold] vif ; [frost] fort ; [blow] sec ( sèche f) ; [cry] aigu (- guë f)g. ( = severe) [criticism, attack] incisif ; [retort, words] cinglant ; [rebuke] vif ; [order, tone, voice] cassanth. (pejorative) [business practices] déloyall. [musical note] trop haut2. adverba. [stop] brusquement• to turn sharp left/right prendre un virage serré à gauche/à droiteb. [sing, play] trop hautc. ( = precisely) at 8 o'clock sharp à 8 heures pile3. noun4. compounds* * *[ʃɑːp] 1.noun Music dièse m2.1) [razor] tranchant; [edge] coupant; [blade, scissors, knife] bien aiguisé; [saw] bien affûté2) ( pointed) [tooth, fingernail, end, needle] pointu; [pencil] bien taillé; [features] anguleux/-euse; [nose] pointu3) ( abrupt) [angle] aigu/-uë; [bend, reflex] brusque; [drop, incline] fort; [fall, rise] brusque, brutal4) ( acidic) [taste, smell] âcre; [fruit] acide5) ( piercing) [pain, cold] vif/vive; [cry] aigu/-uë; [blow] sévère; [frost] fort, intense6) fig ( aggressive) [tongue] acéré; [tone] acerbe7) ( alert) [person, mind] vif/vive; [eyesight] perçant; [hearing] finto have a sharp eye for something — fig avoir l'œil pour quelque chose
sharp operator — filou m
9) ( clearly defined) [image, sound, distinction] net/nette; [contrast] prononcéto bring something into sharp focus — lit cadrer quelque chose avec netteté; fig faire passer quelque chose au premier plan
10) (colloq) GB [suit] tape-à-l'œil inv pej11) (colloq) US ( stylish) chic inv3.1) ( abruptly) [stop] net2) (colloq) ( promptly)at 9 o'clock sharp — à neuf heures pile (colloq)
3) Music [sing, play] trop haut••to look sharp — (colloq) se dépêcher
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30 define
1 ( give definition of) définir [term, concept] (as comme) ;2 ( specify) définir, déterminer [limits] ; définir, délimiter [duties, powers] ; clearly defined responsibilities des responsabilités bien définies ;3 ( express clearly) déterminer [problem] ; I can't define how I feel about him je ne saurais dire exactement ce que je ressens pour lui ;4 to be defined against ( stand out) (tree, building etc) se détacher nettement sur [sky, background]. -
31 elaborately
elaborately [ɪˈlæbərɪtlɪ][decorated, dressed] avec recherche* * *[ɪ'læbərətlɪ]adverb [decorated, dressed] de manière recherchée; [defined, constructed] minutieusement -
32 here
here [hɪər]1. adverba. ici━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► French speakers very often use là instead of the more correct ici.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• Mr Moore is not here just now M. Moore n'est pas là en ce moment• are you there? -- yes I'm here vous êtes là ? -- oui je suis là• I'm here to help! à votre service !b.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When here is used to make an announcement or an introduction, it is usually translated voilà; voici is slightly more formal.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• here we are at last! nous voilà enfin arrivés !• here you are! (giving sth) voilà !• here goes! (inf) allons-y !• here we go again! c'est reparti ! (inf)► preposition + here• in here please par ici, s'il vous plaît• here, there and everywhere un peu partout► neither here nor there• I must warn you here and now that... il faut que je vous prévienne tout de suite que...► here's to...• here's to you! à la tienne ! à la vôtre !• here's to your success! à votre succès !2. exclamation• here, I didn't promise that at all! dites donc, je n'ai jamais promis cela !• here, you try to open it! (inf) tiens, essaie de l'ouvrir !* * *Note: When here is used to indicate the location of an object/point etc close to the speaker, it is generally translated by ici: come and sit here = viens t'asseoir iciWhen the location is not so clearly defined, là is the usual translation: he's not here at the moment = il n'est pas là pour l'instantRemember that voici is used to translate here is and here are when the speaker is drawing attention to an object/a place/a person etc physically close to him or herFor examples and particular usages, see entry below[hɪə(r)] 1.1) icifar from/near here — loin/près d'ici
up to here —
here lies — ( on tombstone) ci-gît
here they are/she comes! — les/la voici!
here is my key/are my keys — voici ma clé/mes clés
here you are — ( offering something) tiens, tenez
my colleague here — mon/ma collègue
2) (indicating presence, arrival)‘John?’ - ‘here sir’ — ( telling whereabouts) ‘John?’ - ‘ici Monsieur’; ( during roll call) ‘John?’ - ‘présent Monsieur’
3) (colloq) ( emphatic)this here contraption — ce truc (colloq)
2.look ou see here, you! — écoute-moi bien toi!
(colloq) exclamation hé!••here's to our success/to you! — à notre succès/la tienne!
here there and everywhere — partout, par-ci par-là
it's neither here nor there — ( unimportant) c'est sans importance; ( irrelevant) ça n'a aucun rapport
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33 narrowly
narrowly [ˈnærəʊlɪ]a. ( = only just) [escape, avoid, defeat] de justesse ; [miss, fail] de peub. ( = restrictively) [defined] d'une manière restrictive* * *['nærəʊlɪ] -
34 out
out [aʊt]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. adverb2. adjective3. preposition4. noun6. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When out is an element in a phrasal verb, eg get out, go out, look up the verb. When out is part of a set combination, eg day out, look up the noun.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. adverba. ( = not in) Paul is out Paul est sorti• (the ball is) out! (Tennis) (la balle est) out !━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When followed by a preposition, out is not usually translated.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━b. ( = outside) dehors• out you go! sortez !• come in! -- no, I like it out here entre ! -- non, je suis bien ici !► out there ( = in that place) là-bas► out with it! (inf) vas-y, parle !2. adjectivea. [light, fire, gas] éteintb. ( = available) [model, edition, video] sortic. ( = unavailable) (for lending, renting) that book is out ce livre est sortid. ( = revealed) the secret is out le secret n'en est plus une. ( = unconscious) sans connaissanceg. ( = unacceptable) [idea, suggestion] that's right out, I'm afraid il n'en est pas questioni. ( = finished) before the month was out avant la fin du moisj. ( = striking) out on strike en grèvek. ( = unfashionable) passé de model. (flowers, sun) the roses are out les rosiers sont en fleurs3. preposition► out of━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When out of is an element in a phrasal verb, eg run out of, look up the verb. When it is part of a set combination, eg out of danger, out of the way, look up the noun.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. ( = outside) en dehors de, hors deI was glad to be out of it ( = escaped from situation) j'étais bien content d'y avoir échappéc. ( = through) par• he looked like something out of "Star Trek" il semblait tout droit sorti de « Star Trek »━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► In the following dans describes the original position of the thing being moved.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━e. ( = because of) par• out of curiosity/necessity par curiosité/nécessitéf. ( = from among) surg. ( = without) we are out of bread nous n'avons plus de painh. ( = sheltered from) à l'abri dei. ( = eliminated from) éliminé de4. noun[+ homosexual] révéler l'homosexualité de6. compounds► out-of-date adjective [passport, ticket] périmé ; [clothes, theory, concept] démodé ; [word] vieilli► out-of-doors adverb = outdoors* * *Note: out is used after many verbs in English to alter or reinforce the meaning of the verb ( hold out, wipe out, filter out etc). Very often in French, a verb alone will be used to translate these combinations. For translations you should consult the appropriate verb entry (hold, wipe, filter etc)When out is used as an adverb meaning outside, it often adds little to the sense of the phrase: they're out in the garden = they're in the garden. In such cases out will not usually be translated: ils sont dans le jardinout is used as an adverb to mean absent or not at home. In this case she's out really means she's gone out and the French translation is elle est sortieFor the phrase out of see III in the entry belowFor examples of the above and other uses, see the entry below[aʊt] 1.transitive verb révéler l'homosexualité de [person]2.1) ( outside) dehors2) ( from within)to go ou walk out — sortir
to pull/take something out — retirer/sortir quelque chose
3) ( at a distance)4) ( in the world at large)there are a lot of people out there looking for work — il y a beaucoup de gens qui cherchent du travail en ce moment
5) ( absent)to be out — gen être sorti; [strikers] être en grève
6) ( for social activity)7) (published, now public)to be out — [book, exam results] être publié
8) ( in bloom)to be out — [tree, shrub] être en fleurs
to be fully out — [flower] être épanoui
9) ( shining)to be out — [sun, moon, stars] briller
10) ( extinguished)to be out — [fire, light] être éteint
11) Sport, Gamesto be out — [player] être éliminé
‘out!’ — ( of ball) ‘out!’
12) ( unconscious)to be out (cold) — (colloq) gen être dans les pommes (colloq); [boxer] être K.O.
13) (over, finished)14) GB ( incorrect)my watch is two minutes out — ( slow) ma montre retarde de deux minutes; ( fast) ma montre avance de deux minutes
15) (colloq) ( not possible) excluno, that option is out — non, cette solution est exclue
16) (colloq) ( actively in search of)he's just out for what he can get — péj c'est l'intérêt qui le guide
he's out to get you — il t'en veut à mort; ( killer) il veut ta peau (colloq)
17) (colloq) ( not in fashion) passé de mode3.out of prepositional phrase1) ( from)to go ou walk ou come out — sortir
2) ( expressing ratio) sur3) ( part of whole)4) Lawto be out — [jury] être en délibération
5) ( beyond defined limits) hors de [reach, sight]; en dehors de [city]6) ( free from confinement)7) ( sheltered) à l'abri de [sun]8) ( lacking)to be (right) out of — ne plus avoir de [item]
9) ( made from) en [wood, metal]10) ( due to) par [respect]••I want out! — (colloq) je ne marche plus avec vous/eux etc (colloq)
come on, out with it! — (colloq) allez, dis ce que tu as à dire!
to be out and about — ( after illness) être à nouveau sur pied
to be out of it — (colloq) être dans les vapes (colloq)
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sharply [ˈ∫α:plɪ]a. ( = abruptly) [drop, increase] brusquement ; [reduce] nettementb. ( = clearly) nettement• what he said brought the issue sharply into focus ce qu'il a dit a fait ressortir nettement le problèmec. ( = severely) [criticize] vivement ; [say, ask, reply] avec brusqueried. sharply pointed [leaves, shoes] pointue. ( = quickly) rapidement* * *['ʃɑːplɪ]1) ( abruptly) [turn, change, rise, fall] brusquement, brutalement; [stop] net2) ( harshly) [speak] d'un ton brusque; [criticize] vivement, sévèrement; [look] durement3) ( distinctly) [differ, define] nettementto bring something sharply into focus — lit cadrer quelque chose avec netteté; fig faire passer quelque chose au premier plan
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36 vaguely
vaguely [ˈveɪglɪ]a. [describe, remember, resemble, understand] vaguement• vaguely familiar/disappointed vaguement familier/déçub. ( = absently) [look, nod] d'un air distrait ; [smile] d'un air vague* * *['veɪglɪ]1) (faintly, slightly) vaguement2) ( distractedly) [smile, gaze, say] d'un air distrait or vague; [wander, move about] distraitement3) ( imprecisely) [remember, understand, reply] vaguement; [describe] de manière vague or imprécise; [defined, formulated] vaguement -
37 we
we [wi:]• we went to the pictures nous sommes allés or on est allé au cinéma• as we say in England comme on dit chez nous, en Angleterre• we teachers understand that... nous autres professeurs, nous comprenons que...* * *[wiː, wɪ]Note: In standard French, we is translated by nous but in informal French on is frequently used: we're going to the cinema = nous allons au cinéma or ( more informally) on va au cinémaon is also used in correct French to refer to a large, vaguely defined group: we shouldn't lie to our children = on ne devrait pas mentir à ses enfants. For particular usages see the entry belowpronoun nouswe left at six — gen nous sommes partis à six heures; ( informal) on est parti (colloq) à six heures
we Scots like the sun — nous autres Écossais, nous aimons le soleil
we didn't say that — gen nous, nous n'avons pas dit cela; ( informal) nous, on n'a pas dit ça (colloq)
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38 well
well [wel]1. noun(for water, oil) puits m3. adverba. ( = satisfactorily, skilfully) [behave, sleep, eat, treat, remember] bien• well done! bravo !• well played! bien joué !• you're well out of it! c'est une chance que tu n'aies plus rien à voir avec cela !b. (intensifying = very much, thoroughly) bien• well over 1,000 people bien plus de 1 000 personnesc. ( = with good reason, with equal reason) one might well ask why on pourrait à juste titre demander pourquoi• you might (just) as well say that... autant dire que...• and it rained as well! et par-dessus le marché il a plu !e. ( = positively) to think/speak well of penser/dire du bien de4. exclamation• he has won the election! -- well, well, well! il a été élu ! -- tiens, tiens !• well, what do you think of it? alors qu'en dites-vous ?• well, here we are at last! eh bien ! nous voilà enfin !• you know Paul? well, he's getting married vous connaissez Paul ? eh bien il se marie• are you coming? -- well... I've got a lot to do here vous venez ? -- c'est que... j'ai beaucoup à faire ici5. adjective(comparative, superlative best)a. bien, bon• that's all very well but... tout ça c'est bien joli mais... (PROV) all's well that ends well(PROV) tout est bien qui finit bienb. ( = healthy) how are you? -- very well, thank you comment allez-vous ? -- très bien, merci• get well soon! remets-toi vite !c. (cautious) it is as well to remember that... il ne faut pas oublier que...6. prefix• well-chosen/dressed bien choisi/habillé7. compounds• you would be well-advised to leave vous auriez (tout) intérêt à partir ► well-appointed adjective [house, room] bien aménagé► well-kept adjective [house, garden, hair] bien entretenu ; [hands, nails] soigné ; [secret] bien gardé► well-meaning adjective [person] bien intentionné ; [remark, action] fait avec les meilleures intentions• you don't know when you're well-off ( = fortunate) tu ne connais pas ton bonheur ► well-paid adjective bien payé• he got many letters from well-wishers il a reçu de nombreuses lettres d'encouragement ► well-woman clinic noun (British) centre prophylactique et thérapeutique pour femmes* * *I 1. [wel]1) ( in good health)are you well? — vous allez bien?, tu vas bien?
‘how is he?’ - ‘as well as can be expected’ — ‘comment va-t-il?’ - ‘pas trop mal étant donné les circonstances’
2) ( in satisfactory state) bienthat's all very well, but — tout ça c'est bien beau, mais
it's all very well for you to laugh, but — tu peux rire, mais
3) ( prudent)4) ( fortunate)it was just as well for him that the shops were still open — il a eu de la chance que les magasins aient été encore ouverts
2.the flight was delayed, which was just as well — le vol a été retardé, ce qui n'était pas plus mal
1) ( satisfactorily) bienI did well in the general knowledge questions — je me suis bien débrouillé pour les questions de culture générale
to do well at school — être bon/bonne élève
to do well by somebody — se montrer généreux/-euse avec quelqu'un
some businessmen did quite well out of the war — certains hommes d'affaires se sont enrichis pendant la guerre
she didn't come out of it very well — ( of situation) elle ne s'en est pas très bien sortie; (of article, programme etc) ce n'était pas très flatteur pour elle
2) ( used with modal verbs)I can well believe it — je veux bien le croire, je n'ai pas de mal à le croire
‘shall I shut the door?’ - ‘you might as well’ — ‘est-ce que je ferme la porte?’ - ‘pourquoi pas’
she looked shocked, as well she might — elle a eu l'air choquée, ce qui n'avait rien d'étonnant
3) ( intensifier) bien, largementthe weather remained fine well into September — le temps est resté au beau fixe pendant une bonne partie du mois de septembre
she was active well into her eighties — elle était toujours active même au-delà de ses quatre-vingts ans
4) ( approvingly)5)3.exclamation ( expressing astonishment) eh bien!; (expressing indignation, disgust) ça alors!; ( expressing disappointment) tant pis!; (after pause in conversation, account) bon; ( qualifying statement) enfinwell, you may be right — après tout, tu as peut-être raison
well, that's too bad — c'est vraiment dommage
well then, what's the problem? — alors, quel est le problème?
oh well, there's nothing I can do about it — ma foi, je n'y peux rien
4.well, well, well, so you're off to America? — alors comme ça, tu pars aux États-Unis!
as well adverbial phrase aussi5.as well as prepositional phrase aussi bien quethey have a house in the country as well as an apartment in Paris — ils ont à la fois une maison à la campagne et un appartement à Paris
••to be well in with somebody — (colloq) être bien avec quelqu'un (colloq)
to leave well alone GB ou well enough alone US — ne pas s'en mêler
II 1. [wel] 2.you're well out of it! — (colloq) heureusement que tu n'as plus rien à voir avec ça!
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(a) (chance, likelihood) perspective f;∎ the prospects for the automobile industry les perspectives d'avenir de l'industrie automobile;∎ it's a job without any prospects of promotion c'est un poste qui n'offre aucune perspective d'avenir(b) (prospective customer) client(e) m, f éventuel(elle), client(e) potentiel(elle);∎ he's a good prospect for the manager's job c'est un candidat potentiel au poste de directeurprospect pool groupe m de prospectsMARKETING prospecter;∎ to prospect for new customers rechercher ou démarcher de nouveaux clientsThe Internet allows us to inexpensively market, distribute and administer the products and services of several web site/e-commerce products, each with its own market niche and clearly defined customer/ prospect pool.
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40 define
(to fix or state the exact meaning of: Words are defined in a dictionary.) définir- definition
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