failing company

[ˈkʌmpənɪ]

acquired company приобретенная компания acquiring company компания, приобретающая активы другой компании affiliate company компания-филиал affiliated company включенная в качестве филиала компания affiliated company дочерняя компания affiliated company компания, с которой имеются связи affiliated company компания-участница affiliated company компания-филиал affiliated company подконтрольная компания ailing company компания, испытывающая финансовые трудности air company авиакомпания air company авиационное коммерческое предприятие allied company дочерняя компания allied company компания-участница allied company подконтрольная компания amalgamated company объединенная компания associated company ассоциированная компания associated company дочернее общество associated company дочерняя компания associated company материнская компания associated company подконтрольная компания bank holding company банковская холдинг-компания bartering company компания, заключающая бартерные сделки bonding company компания по страхованию поручительного обязательства brass plate company адрес компании с указанием номера абонементного ящика captive company несамостоятельная компания ceding company компания, передающая риск и перестрахование chartered company компания, созданная на основе королевского декрета (Великобритания) close company закрытая компания close company компания закрытого типа commandite company командитная компания company акционерное общество company гости; to receive a great deal of company часто принимать гостей company компания, общество company компания company корпорация company общество; компания; to bear (или to keep) (smb.) company составлять (кому-л.) компанию, сопровождать (кого-л.) company общество company воен. рота company собеседник; he is poor (good) company он скучный (интересный) собеседник company товарищество company ком. товарищество, компания company труппа, ансамбль артистов; stock company постоянная труппа company экипаж (судна) company attr. воен. ротный company attr.: company store фабричная лавка; company union амер. "компанейский" профсоюз (организуемый предпринимателем для борьбы с независимыми профсоюзами) company in distress компания, испытывающая финансовые трудности company in financial difficulties компания, испытывающая финансовые трудности company in general meeting общее собрание представителей компании company in process of winding up компания в процессе ликвидации company attr.: company store фабричная лавка; company union амер. "компанейский" профсоюз (организуемый предпринимателем для борьбы с независимыми профсоюзами) company to be dissolved ликвидируемая компания company under foreign ownership компания, являющаяся иностранной собственностью company attr.: company store фабричная лавка; company union амер. "компанейский" профсоюз (организуемый предпринимателем для борьбы с независимыми профсоюзами) union: company company профсоюз, созданный в компании company with share capital компания с акционерным капиталом concessionary company концессионная компания constituent company дочерняя компания constituent company подконтрольная компания constituent company учредительная компания с правом голоса constituent company филиал construction company строительная компания consumer products company компания по производству потребительских товаров continuing company действующая компания contracting company компания-подрядчик controlled company дочерняя компания controlled company компания-участница controlled company подконтрольная компания controlling company компания-держатель controlling company материнская компания controlling company холдинг-компания credit evaluation company компания по оценке кредита de facto company фактически действующая компания deficit company компания с отрицательным платежным балансом defunct company расформированная компания discontinuing company компания, прекращающая свою деятельность diversified company диверсифицированная компания diversified company многоотраслевая компания dock company складская компания domestic company отечественная компания dummy company фиктивная компания dwarf company карликовая компания factoring company компания-посредник failing company компания, терпящая убытки family company семейная компания family-owned company семейная компания fictitious company фиктивная компания finance company финансовая компания financial company финансовая компания financial holding company финансовая холдинг-компания float a company образовывать акционерное общество present company excepted о присутствующих не говорят; for company за компанию found a company учреждать компанию general insurance company компания общего страхования group company концерн group company смешанная компания group company совместная компания guarantee company компания-гарант company собеседник; he is poor (good) company он скучный (интересный) собеседник hire purchase company компания, продающая товары в рассрочку holding company компания, владеющая контрольными пакетами акций других компаний; компания-держатель; компания-учредитель holding company орг.бизн. компания-держатель holding company орг.бизн. материнская компания holding company орг.бизн. холдинг-компания holding company холдинговая компания; компания, владеющая контрольными пакетами акций других компаний; компания-держатель; компания-учредитель inactive company неактивная компания incorporated company акционерная компания industrial company промышленная компания insurance company страховая компания insurance company страховое общество international trading company международная торговая компания interrelated company взаимодействующая компания investment company инвестиционная компания investment trust company инвестиционная компания joint stock company акционерная компания stock: joint company company акционерное общество joint venture company совместная компания joint-stock company акционерное общество to keep bad company водиться с плохими людьми to keep company разг. ухаживать; to keep company (with smb.) общаться, встречаться (с кем-л.) to keep company разг. ухаживать; to keep company (with smb.) общаться, встречаться (с кем-л.) keep: to company company дружить; to keep covered воен. держать на прицеле; to keep on at a person разг. беспрестанно бранить (кого-л.) to company company составлять компанию, сопровождать to keep good company встречаться с хорошими людьми, бывать в хорошем обществе lame duck company компания в тяжелом финансовом положении, нуждающаяся в поддержке государства leading reinsurance company ведущая перестраховочная компания leasing company компания-арендатор leveraged company компания с высокой долей заемных средств limited company компания с ограниченной ответственностью limited: company ограниченный; limited company ком. акционерное общество с ограниченной ответственностью limited insurance company страховая компания с ограниченной ответственностью limited liability company компания с ограниченной ответственностью liability: limited company company акционерное общество с ограниченной ответственностью liner company судоходная компания liquidate a company ликвидировать компанию liquidating company компания-ликвидатор listed company компания, акции которой котируются на фондовой бирже local company местная компания lumber company лесозаготовительная компания mail-order company компания посылочной торговли main company главная компания a man is known by the company he keeps посл. = скажи мне, кто твой друг, и я скажу, кто ты marine insurance company компания морского страхования medium-sized company компания среднего размера multinational company многонациональная компания municipality-controlled company компания, контролируемая муниципалитетом mutual company компания на взаимных началах mutual insurance company компания взаимного страхования natural gas company компания по снабжению природным газом nonlife insurance company компания по страхованию ущерба nonprofit company бесприбыльная компания nonprofit company некоммерческая компания oil company нефтедобывающая компания oil company нефтяная компания one-man company компания, акции которой принадлежат одному лицу one-man company компания с единоличным владельцем open-end investment company инвестиционная компания открытого типа ostensible company фиктивная компания paper company фиктивная компания parent company компания, владеющая контрольным пакетом другой компании; компания-учредитель parent company компания, владеющая контрольным пакетом акций другой компании parent company материнская компания to part company (with smb.) прекратить связь, знакомство (с кем-л.) partnership company товарищество pension insurance company компания страхования пенсии petroleum company нефтяная компания pharmaceutical company фармацевтическая компания phone company телефонная компания present company excepted о присутствующих не говорят; for company за компанию present: present грам.: present tense настоящее время; present participle причастие настоящего времени; present company excepted о присутствующих не говорят primary company основная компания principal company основная компания private company закрытая акционерная компания private company товарищество с ограниченной ответственностью private company частная акционерная компания private insurance company частная страховая компания production company производственная фирма production company производящая компания profit making company компания, получающая прибыль profitable company рентабельная компания property administration company компания, управляющая собственностью property company компания-держатель property company холдинг-компания proprietary company компания-держатель proprietary company холдинг-компания proprietary company частная компания с ограниченной ответственностью public company открытая акционерная компания public company публичная акционерная компания public utility company государственная компания по коммунальному обслуживанию public utility company государственное коммунальное предприятие publishing company издательская фирма quasipublic company квазигосударственная организация quasipublic company частная компания с общественными функциями quoted company компания, акции которой котируются на рынке railway company железнодорожная компания real estate company компания, ведущая операции с недвижимостью real property company компания, ведущая операции с недвижимостью company гости; to receive a great deal of company часто принимать гостей redevelopment company компания по реконструкции жилых районов registered company зарегистрированная компания regulated company компания, деятельность которой регулируется государством reinsurance company компания, осуществляющая перестрахование reinsurance company перестраховочная компания related company дочерняя компания related company компания-участница related company подконтрольная компания retroceding company ретроцедирующая компания sales finance company компания по финансированию продаж в рассрочку salvage company спасательное общество selling company торговая компания semipublic company акционерная компания с собственностью смешанного типа service company компания сферы обслуживания shell company официально зарегистрированная компания, не имеющая существенных активов и не ведущая операций shipowning company судоходная компания shipping company судоходная компания sister company родственная компания sister company филиал компании sole proprietor company компания с единственным владельцем specialized trading company специализированная торговая компания statutory company компания, учрежденная специальным актом парламента (Великобритания) company труппа, ансамбль артистов; stock company постоянная труппа stock company акционерная компания stock company театральная труппа, обычно выступающая в одном театре с определенным репертуаром; театральная труппа со средним составом актеров (без звезд) stock: company = stock company stock-exchange listed company компания, внесенная в курсовой бюллетень stockbroking company компания, ведущая операции с фондовыми ценностями storage company фирма, обслуживающая склад subsidiary company дочерняя компания subsidiary company филиал surety company компания-гарант surviving company компания-наследница surviving company сохранившаяся компания telephone company телефонная компания television company телекомпания trading company торговая компания transport company транспортная компания trust company компания, выступающая в качестве доверительного собственника trust company траст-компания trust company трастовая компания underlying company дочерняя компания, привилегии которой не могут быть переданы материнской фирме unlimited company компания с неограниченной ответственностью urban redevelopment company компания, ведущая перепланировку города utility company предприятие общественного пользования warehousing company складская фирма wholly foreign-owned company фирма, полностью контролируемая иностранным владельцем

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- affiliated company

- ailing company

- allied company

- associated company

- bank holding company

- bidding company

- blue-chip company

- bogus company

- bubble company

- bust company

- car rental company

- cash-generative company

- cash-strapped company

- close company

- close-end company

- closed-end investment company

- commercial company

- commercial credit company

- consumer finance company

- consumer-goods company

- controlled company

- controlling company

- customer-centric company

- daughter company

- defunct company

- designing company

- domestic company

- export company

- failing company

- finance company

- financially-troubled company

- front company

- hire-purchase company

- holding company

- instalment credit company

- insurance company

- investment-grade company

- issuing company

- joint-stock company

- largest company by market capitalization

- leading company

- leased company

- leasing company

- life assurance company

- life insurance company

- limited-liability company

- listed company

- loss-making company

- mature company

- mixed company

- mortgage company

- multiindustry company

- multinational company

- mutual insurance company

- nominee company

- nonprofit-making company

- one-man company

- on-line trading company

- open-end investment company

- overseas company

- parent company

- personal loan company

- private company

- public limited company

- public utility company

- quoted company

- real estate company

- regulated investment company

- rival company

- short-line company

- state company

- subsidiary company

- surveyor company

- target company

- title company

- title insurance company

- transparent company

- trading company

- troubled company

- trust company

- trust and mortgage loan company

- turnaround company

- unlimited company

- venture company

- venture-backed company

- well-established company

- wild cat company

- companies with junk ratings

- close down a company

- deter the company from

- dissolve a company

- establish a company

- form a company

- keep a company afloat

- liquidate a company

- place the company on "creditwatch"

- promote a company

- register a company

- represent a company

- run a company

- sell out a company

- set up a company

- start a company

- tout a company

- turn around a company

- wind up a company

- wipe out a company

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2)

3)

1) (not succeed) scheitern (in mit)

2) (miscarry, come to nothing) scheitern; fehlschlagen

3) (become bankrupt) Bankrott machen

4) (in examination) nicht bestehen (in Akk.)

5) (become weaker) [Augenlicht, Gehör, Gedächtnis, Stärke:] nachlassen; [Mut:] sinken

6) (break down, stop) [Versorgung:] zusammenbrechen; [Motor, Radio:] aussetzen; [Generator, Batterie, Pumpe:] ausfallen; [Bremse, Herz:] versagen

7) [Ernte:] schlecht ausfallen

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2) (be unsuccessful in) nicht bestehen [Prüfung]

3) (reject) durchfallen lassen (ugs.) [Prüfling]

4)

5) (not suffice for) im Stich lassen

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1) (to be unsuccessful (in); not to manage( to do something): They failed in their attempt; I failed my exam; I failed to post the letter.) versagen, versäumen

2) (to break down or cease to work: The brakes failed.) versagen

3) (to be insufficient or not enough: His courage failed (him).) verlassen

4) ((in a test, examination etc) to reject (a candidate): The examiner failed half the class.) durchfallen (lassen)

5) (to disappoint: They did not fail him in their support.) im Stich lassen

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- academic.ru/26215/failing">failing

- failure

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I. vi

1. (not succeed) person versagen, scheitern; attempt, plan scheitern, fehlschlagen, missglücken

I tried to persuade him to come, but I \failed ich habe versucht, ihn zum Kommen zu überreden, aber ich habe es nicht geschafft

this method never \fails diese Methode funktioniert immer

we \failed in our efforts to find a compromise wir haben uns vergeblich um einen Kompromiss bemüht

he \failed to convince the jury es ist ihm nicht gelungen, die Jury zu überzeugen

to \fail completely [or utterly] [or miserably] kläglich scheitern

to be doomed to \fail zum Scheitern verurteilt sein

if all else \fails zur Not, wenn alle Stricke reißen fam

2. (not do)

▪ to \fail to do sth versäumen, etw zu tun

she \failed to arrive on time sie kam nicht pünktlich

to \fail in one's duty [to sb] seiner Pflicht [jdm gegenüber] nicht nachkommen

to \fail to attend a meeting an einem Treffen nicht teilnehmen

to \fail to appreciate sth etw nicht zu schätzen wissen

3. (not be able to do) nicht umhin können geh

you couldn't \fail to be impressed by their efficiency man war unweigerlich von ihrer Effizienz beeindruckt

they surely can't \fail to notice that... es kann ihnen nicht entgangen sein, dass...

this trick never \fails to amuse the children dieser Trick bringt die Kinder immer zum Lachen

I \fail to see [or understand] what/why/how... ich verstehe nicht, was/warum/wie...

4. SCH, UNIV durchfallen

to \fail on a subject in einem Fach durchfallen

to \fail dismally mit Pauken und Trompeten durchfallen fam

5. TECH, TRANSP (stop working) brakes versagen; generator, pump ausfallen

6. (become weaker, stop) nachlassen; health schwächer werden; heart, voice versagen

my courage \failed der Mut verließ mich

to be \failing fast im Sterben liegen

7. (go bankrupt) bankrottgehen

8. AGR harvest, yield ausfallen

II. vt

1. (not pass)

to \fail a course/subject einen Kurs/ein Fach nicht bestehen

to \fail an exam/a test bei einer Prüfung/einem Test durchfallen

to \fail an interview bei einem Bewerbungsgespräch versagen

to \fail one's driving test bei der Fahrprüfung durchfallen

2. (give failing grade)

▪ to \fail sb candidate jdn durchfallen lassen

3. (let down)

▪ to \fail sb jdn im Stich lassen [o fam hängenlassen]

my courage \failed me mich verließ der Mut

words \fail me mir fehlen die Worte

III. n negative Prüfungsarbeit

John got four \fails in his exams John ist bei seinen Prüfungen in vier Fächern durchgefallen

is this one a pass or a \fail? hat dieser Kandidat bestanden oder ist er durchgefallen?

▶ without \fail auf jeden Fall, ganz sicher

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1. vi

1) (= be unsuccessful) keinen Erfolg haben; (in mission, life etc) versagen, scheitern; (campaign, efforts, negotiations, plan, experiment, marriage) fehlschlagen, scheitern; (undertaking, attempt) fehlschlagen, misslingen, missglücken; (applicant, application) nicht angenommen werden; (election candidate, THEAT play) durchfallen; (business) eingehen; (charm, attempts at persuasion etc) vergeblich or umsonst sein

2) (= not pass exam) durchfallen

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4) (= grow feeble health) sich verschlechtern; (hearing, eyesight) nachlassen; (invalid) schwächer werden

5) (= stop working, be cut off etc generator, battery, radio, electricity, pump, engine) ausfallen; (brakes) versagen; (supply, wind) ausbleiben; (heart etc) versagen, aussetzen

2. vt

1) candidate durchfallen lassen; subject durchfallen in (+dat)

2) (= let down person, memory) im Stich lassen; (= not live up to sb's expectations) enttäuschen

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3. n

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2)

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fail [feıl]

A v/i

1. ermangeln (of, in gen):

he fails in perseverance es fehlt oder mangelt ihm an Ausdauer

2. nachlassen, schwinden (Kräfte etc), ausbleiben, versiegen (Quellen etc):

our supplies failed unsere Vorräte gingen aus oder zu Ende

3. missraten (Ernte), nicht aufgehen (Saat)

4. abnehmen, schwächer werden:

his eyesight failed seine Sehkraft ließ nach

5. versagen:

the engine failed;

6. fehlschlagen, scheitern, misslingen, seinen Zweck verfehlen, Misserfolg haben, Schiffbruch erleiden, es nicht fertigbringen ( to do zu tun):

he (the plan) failed er (der Plan) scheiterte;

if everything else fails wenn alle Stricke reißen umg;

it never fails das wirkt immer;

he failed in all his attempts alle seine Versuche schlugen fehl;

the prophecy failed die Prophezeiung traf nicht ein;

I fail to see ich sehe nicht ein; I tried to do it, but I failed aber es gelang mir nicht

7. fail to do sth es versäumen oder unterlassen, etwas zu tun:

he failed to come er kam nicht;

he never fails to come er kommt immer;

don’t fail to come komme ja oder ganz bestimmt;

he cannot fail to win er muss einfach gewinnen;

he fails in his duty er vernachlässigt seine Pflicht

8. fehlgehen, irren:

fail in one’s hopes sich in seinen Hoffnungen täuschen

9. WIRTSCH Bankrott machen oder gehen, in Konkurs geraten oder gehen

10. SCHULE durchfallen ( in an examination in einer Prüfung)

B v/t

1. jemandem versagen:

his courage failed him ihn verließ der Mut;

words fail me mir fehlen die Worte (to inf um zu inf)

2. a) jemanden im Stich lassen, enttäuschen

b) jemanden verlassen (Glück):

his luck failed him das Glück verließ ihn

3. SCHULE

a) jemanden durchfallen lassen (in in einer Prüfung etc)

b) in einer Prüfung etc durchfallen:

C s

1. he got a fail in biology SCHULE er ist in Biologie durchgefallen

2. without fail mit Sicherheit, ganz bestimmt

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1) (not succeed) scheitern (in mit)

2) (miscarry, come to nothing) scheitern; fehlschlagen

3) (become bankrupt) Bankrott machen

4) (in examination) nicht bestehen (in Akk.)

5) (become weaker) [Augenlicht, Gehör, Gedächtnis, Stärke:] nachlassen; [Mut:] sinken

6) (break down, stop) [Versorgung:] zusammenbrechen; [Motor, Radio:] aussetzen; [Generator, Batterie, Pumpe:] ausfallen; [Bremse, Herz:] versagen

7) [Ernte:] schlecht ausfallen

1)

2) (be unsuccessful in) nicht bestehen [Prüfung]

3) (reject) durchfallen lassen (ugs.) [Prüfling]

4)

5) (not suffice for) im Stich lassen

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durchfallen v. v.

fehlschlagen v.

misslingen v.

scheitern v.

versagen v.

1) эк. слияние, объединение (объединение двух или более компаний без изменения юридического лица приобретающей компании путем покупки большей части акционерного капитала приобретаемой компании, акционеры которой после объединения сохраняют свои права на акции в реструктурированной компании; может привести к ограничению конкуренции в соответствующей отрасли или на соответствующем рынке)

2) эк. = merger company

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He was the son of Samuel Edison, who was in the timber business. His schooling was delayed due to scarlet fever until 1855, when he was 8½ years old, but he was an avid reader. By the age of 14 he had a job as a newsboy on the railway from Port Huron to Detroit, a distance of sixty-three miles (101 km). He worked a fourteen-hour day with a stopover of five hours, which he spent in the Detroit Free Library. He also sold sweets on the train and, later, fruit and vegetables, and was soon making a profit of $20 a week. He then started two stores in Port Huron and used a spare freight car as a laboratory. He added a hand-printing press to produce 400 copies weekly of The Grand Trunk Herald, most of which he compiled and edited himself. He set himself to learn telegraphy from the station agent at Mount Clements, whose son he had saved from being run over by a freight car.

At the age of 16 he became a telegraphist at Port Huron. In 1863 he became railway telegraphist at the busy Stratford Junction of the Grand Trunk Railroad, arranging a clock with a notched wheel to give the hourly signal which was to prove that he was awake and at his post! He left hurriedly after failing to hold a train which was nearly involved in a head-on collision. He usually worked the night shift, allowing himself time for experiments during the day. His first invention was an arrangement of two Morse registers so that a high-speed input could be decoded at a slower speed. Moving from place to place he held many positions as a telegraphist. In Boston he invented an automatic vote recorder for Congress and patented it, but the idea was rejected. This was the first of a total of 1180 patents that he was to take out during his lifetime. After six years he resigned from the Western Union Company to devote all his time to invention, his next idea being an improved ticker-tape machine for stockbrokers. He developed a duplex telegraphy system, but this was turned down by the Western Union Company. He then moved to New York.

Edison found accommodation in the battery room of Law's Gold Reporting Company, sleeping in the cellar, and there his repair of a broken transmitter marked him as someone of special talents. His superior soon resigned, and he was promoted with a salary of $300 a month. Western Union paid him $40,000 for the sole rights on future improvements on the duplex telegraph, and he moved to Ward Street, Newark, New Jersey, where he employed a gathering of specialist engineers. Within a year, he married one of his employees, Mary Stilwell, when she was only 16: a daughter, Marion, was born in 1872, and two sons, Thomas and William, in 1876 and 1879, respectively.

He continued to work on the automatic telegraph, a device to send out messages faster than they could be tapped out by hand: that is, over fifty words per minute or so. An earlier machine by Alexander Bain worked at up to 400 words per minute, but was not good over long distances. Edison agreed to work on improving this feature of Bain's machine for the Automatic Telegraph Company (ATC) for $40,000. He improved it to a working speed of 500 words per minute and ran a test between Washington and New York. Hoping to sell their equipment to the Post Office in Britain, ATC sent Edison to England in 1873 to negotiate. A 500-word message was to be sent from Liverpool to London every half-hour for six hours, followed by tests on 2,200 miles (3,540 km) of cable at Greenwich. Only confused results were obtained due to induction in the cable, which lay coiled in a water tank. Edison returned to New York, where he worked on his quadruplex telegraph system, tests of which proved a success between New York and Albany in December 1874. Unfortunately, simultaneous negotiation with Western Union and ATC resulted in a lawsuit.

Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent for a telephone in March 1876 while Edison was still working on the same idea. His improvements allowed the device to operate over a distance of hundreds of miles instead of only a few miles. Tests were carried out over the 106 miles (170 km) between New York and Philadelphia. Edison applied for a patent on the carbon-button transmitter in April 1877, Western Union agreeing to pay him $6,000 a year for the seventeen-year duration of the patent. In these years he was also working on the development of the electric lamp and on a duplicating machine which would make up to 3,000 copies from a stencil. In 1876–7 he moved from Newark to Menlo Park, twenty-four miles (39 km) from New York on the Pennsylvania Railway, near Elizabeth. He had bought a house there around which he built the premises that would become his "inventions factory". It was there that he began the use of his 200- page pocket notebooks, each of which lasted him about two weeks, so prolific were his ideas. When he died he left 3,400 of them filled with notes and sketches.

Late in 1877 he applied for a patent for a phonograph which was granted on 19 February 1878, and by the end of the year he had formed a company to manufacture this totally new product. At the time, Edison saw the device primarily as a business aid rather than for entertainment, rather as a dictating machine. In August 1878 he was granted a British patent. In July 1878 he tried to measure the heat from the solar corona at a solar eclipse viewed from Rawlins, Wyoming, but his "tasimeter" was too sensitive.

Probably his greatest achievement was "The Subdivision of the Electric Light" or the "glow bulb". He tried many materials for the filament before settling on carbon. He gave a demonstration of electric light by lighting up Menlo Park and inviting the public. Edison was, of course, faced with the problem of inventing and producing all the ancillaries which go to make up the electrical system of generation and distribution-meters, fuses, insulation, switches, cabling—even generators had to be designed and built; everything was new. He started a number of manufacturing companies to produce the various components needed.

In 1881 he built the world's largest generator, which weighed 27 tons, to light 1,200 lamps at the Paris Exhibition. It was later moved to England to be used in the world's first central power station with steam engine drive at Holborn Viaduct, London. In September 1882 he started up his Pearl Street Generating Station in New York, which led to a worldwide increase in the application of electric power, particularly for lighting. At the same time as these developments, he built a 1,300yd (1,190m) electric railway at Menlo Park.

On 9 August 1884 his wife died of typhoid. Using his telegraphic skills, he proposed to 19-year-old Mina Miller in Morse code while in the company of others on a train. He married her in February 1885 before buying a new house and estate at West Orange, New Jersey, building a new laboratory not far away in the Orange Valley.

Edison used direct current which was limited to around 250 volts. Alternating current was largely developed by George Westinghouse and Nicola Tesla, using transformers to step up the current to a higher voltage for long-distance transmission. The use of AC gradually overtook the Edison DC system.

In autumn 1888 he patented a form of cinephotography, the kinetoscope, obtaining film-stock from George Eastman. In 1893 he set up the first film studio, which was pivoted so as to catch the sun, with a hinged roof which could be raised. In 1894 kinetoscope parlours with "peep shows" were starting up in cities all over America. Competition came from the Latham Brothers with a screen-projection machine, which Edison answered with his "Vitascope", shown in New York in 1896. This showed pictures with accompanying sound, but there was some difficulty with synchronization. Edison also experimented with captions at this early date.

In 1880 he filed a patent for a magnetic ore separator, the first of nearly sixty. He bought up deposits of low-grade iron ore which had been developed in the north of New Jersey. The process was a commercial success until the discovery of iron-rich ore in Minnesota rendered it uneconomic and uncompetitive. In 1898 cement rock was discovered in New Village, west of West Orange. Edison bought the land and started cement manufacture, using kilns twice the normal length and using half as much fuel to heat them as the normal type of kiln. In 1893 he met Henry Ford, who was building his second car, at an Edison convention. This started him on the development of a battery for an electric car on which he made over 9,000 experiments. In 1903 he sold his patent for wireless telegraphy "for a song" to Guglielmo Marconi.

In 1910 Edison designed a prefabricated concrete house. In December 1914 fire destroyed three-quarters of the West Orange plant, but it was at once rebuilt, and with the threat of war Edison started to set up his own plants for making all the chemicals that he had previously been buying from Europe, such as carbolic acid, phenol, benzol, aniline dyes, etc. He was appointed President of the Navy Consulting Board, for whom, he said, he made some forty-five inventions, "but they were pigeonholed, every one of them". Thus did Edison find that the Navy did not take kindly to civilian interference.

In 1927 he started the Edison Botanic Research Company, founded with similar investment from Ford and Firestone with the object of finding a substitute for overseas-produced rubber. In the first year he tested no fewer than 3,327 possible plants, in the second year, over 1,400, eventually developing a variety of Golden Rod which grew to 14 ft (4.3 m) in height. However, all this effort and money was wasted, due to the discovery of synthetic rubber.

In October 1929 he was present at Henry Ford's opening of his Dearborn Museum to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the incandescent lamp, including a replica of the Menlo Park laboratory. He was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal and was elected to the American Academy of Sciences. He died in 1931 at his home, Glenmont; throughout the USA, lights were dimmed temporarily on the day of his funeral.

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an expression of the total dividends paid to shareholders as a percentage of a company’s net profit in a given period of time. This measures the likelihood of dividend payments being sustained, and is a useful indication of sustained profitability. The lower the ratio, the more secure the dividend, and the company’s future.

The payout ratio is calculated by dividing annual dividends paid on ordinary shares by earnings per share:

     Take the company whose earnings per share is $8 and its dividend payout is 2.1. Its payout ratio would be:

     A high payout ratio clearly appeals to conservative investors seeking income. When coupled with weak or falling earnings, however, it could suggest an imminent dividend cut, or that the company is short-changing reinvestment to maintain its payout. A payout ratio above 75% is a warning. It suggests the company is failing to reinvest sufficient profits in its business, that the company’s earnings are faltering, or that it is trying to attract investors who otherwise would not be interested.

See also dividend cover

SUBJECT AREA: Metallurgy

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Martyn became a leading shareholder in the Company of Mineral and Battery Works, the Elizabethan monopoly established in 1565 under the initiative William Humfrey. Its purpose was to mine lead and zinc ores and to introduce production of brass and manufacture of brass wire to England, activities in which he took an active interest. Appointed Warden of the Royal Mint in 1572, Martyn's responsibilities included the receipt of bullion and dispatch of freshly minted coins. He reported unfavourably on a new invention for producing "milled" coins by a screw press which embossed the two faces simultaneously. Considerable friction arose from his criticism of the then Master of the Mint. He was later subject to criticism himself on the irregularity of coin weights produced at the Mint. In 1580 Martyn leased Tintern wireworks, property of the Mineral and Battery Company, which was by then producing iron wire after earlier failing in the production of brass. Two years later he sought rights from the company to mine the zinc ore calamine and to make brass. When this was granted in 1587, he formed a partnership with others including William Brode, a London goldsmith who had been experimenting with the making of brass. Production started on a small scale using imported copper at Queen's Mill, Isleworth, largely financed by Martyn. Brode soon disagreed with his partners and with the Mineral and Battery Works Company and Martyn withdrew. After long and acrimonious disputes the works closed completely in 1605.

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1) no pl. (state) Gesundheitszustand, der; (healthiness) Gesundheit, die

2) (toast)

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1) (the state of being well or ill: He is in good/poor health.) die Gesundheit

2) (the state of being well: I may be getting old, but so long as I keep my health, I'll be happy.) der Gesundheitszustand

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1. (bodily wellness) Gesundheit f

how's your \health these days? wie steht's mit deiner Gesundheit?

your \health! Prosit!

for \health reasons aus gesundheitlichen Gründen

for reasons of ill-\health krankheitshalber, krankheitsbedingt

\health warning Warnhinweis auf einer Zigarettenpackung

to be in bad [or poor] \health gesundheitlich in keiner guten Verfassung sein; (less severe) kränklich sein, kränkeln

to suffer from failing \health gesundheitlich immer weiter abbauen

to be in good \health bei guter Gesundheit sein

to enjoy good \health sich akk bester Gesundheit erfreuen

to drink to sb's \health auf jds Gesundheit [o Wohl] trinken

to look after one's \health auf seine Gesundheit achten

to regain one's \health wieder [ganz] gesund werden

to restore sb to \health jdn gesundheitlich wiederherstellen

2. ( fig: prosperity) Gesundheit f, Wohlergehen nt

to give a company a clean bill of \health bescheinigen, dass eine Firma mit Profit arbeitet

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1) Gesundheit f; (= state of health) Gesundheitszustand m

2) (fig) Gesundheit f

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health [helθ] s

1. Gesundheit f:

health is better than wealth (Sprichwort) lieber gesund als reich;

health care medizinische Versorgung, Gesundheitsfürsorge f;

health-care reform Gesundheitsreform f;

health center (bes Br centre) Ärztezentrum n, -haus n;

health certificate Gesundheitszeugnis n, ärztliches Attest;

health club Fitnessklub m;

health-conscious gesundheitsbewusst;

he’s very health-conscious er achtet sehr auf seine Gesundheit;

Health Department US Gesundheitsministerium n;

health education Gesundheitserziehung f;

health engineer Gesundheitsingenieur(in);

health farm Gesundheitsfarm f;

a) Reformkost f,

b) Biokost f;

health-food shop (bes US store)

a) Reformhaus n,

b) Bioladen m;

health freak sl Gesundheitsapostel m, -fanatiker(in);

on health grounds aus gesundheitlichen Gründen;

health hazard Gesundheitsrisiko n, Gefahr f für die Gesundheit;

health insurance Krankenversicherung;

health insurance company Krankenkasse f;

health officer US

a) Beamte(r) m oder Beamtin f des Gesundheitsamtes,

b) SCHIFF Hafen-, Quarantänearzt m, -ärztin f;

health resort Kurort m;

health risk Gesundheitsrisiko n;

health service Gesundheitsdienst m;

health spa Kur-, Heilbad n;

health tips Gesundheitstips;

health visitor Br Angestellte(r) des Staatlichen Gesundheitsdienstes, der/die bes alte und pflegebedürftige Menschen betreut; → private A 1, return A 1

2. auch state of health Gesundheitszustand m:

the state of his health sein Gesundheitszustand;

in good (poor) health gesund, bei guter Gesundheit (kränklich, bei schlechter Gesundheit);

in the best of health bei bester Gesundheit; → ill A 5, keep C 2

3. Gesundheit f, Wohl n:

drink (to) ( oder pledge, propose) sb’s health auf jemandes Wohl trinken;

your (very good) health! auf Ihr Wohl!;

here is to the health of the host! ein Prosit dem Gastgeber!

4. Heilkraft f

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1) no pl. (state) Gesundheitszustand, der; (healthiness) Gesundheit, die

2) (toast)

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Gesundheit f.

Heil- präfix.

1. n

1) довір'я, віра

2) відповідальна посада; відповідальне становище

3) обов'язок; відповідальність; повинність

4) надія

5) довірене майно

6) опіка (над чимсь)

7) кредит

8) ек. трест; концерн

9) управління майном за дорученням

2. adj

1) довірений, доручений

2) керований за дорученням

3) що належить тресту

3. v

1) довіряти, вірити

2) покладатися, довірятися

3) доручати

4) сподіватися, гадати, вважати

5) давати у кредит

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1) довіра

2) відповідальне положення

3) надія

4) юp. довірча власність або майно, довірене піклуванню; управління майном довірчим власником; опіка

5) кoм. кредит

6) eк. трест; концерн

1) довірений (кому-н. ким-н.); trust estate юp. майно, що є предметом довірчої власності; права довірчого власника; права бенефіциарія

2) керований за дорученням

3) що відноситься до тресту

1) довіряти, вірити; I trust him as I would myself я вірю йому, як самому собі

2) (to) покладатися, довірятися

3) довіряти, ввіряти; доручати піклування

4) сподіватися; вважати

5) кoм. давати в кредит

1 noun

(a) LAW (failure to appear in court) défaut m, non-comparution f

(b) FINANCE

∎ in default of payment à defaut de paiement

default interest intérêts m pl moratoires ou pour défaut de paiement

(c) COMPUTING défaut m

default drive lecteur m par défaut;

default font police f par défaut;

default setting configuration f par défaut

2 intransitive verb

(a) LAW (fail to appear in court) ne pas comparaître

(b) FINANCE manquer à ses engagements;

∎ to default on a payment ne pas honorer un paiement

(c) COMPUTING

∎ to default to sth sélectionner qch par défaut

SUBJECT AREA: Telecommunications

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Enlisting in the 8th New York Cavalry on his twenty-second birthday at the beginning of the American Civil War, Strowger reached the rank of Second Lieutenant. After the war he taught in a number of schools, including that where he had been a pupil, then bought an undertaking business in North Topeka, Kansas. After the death of his wife, he remarried and moved the business to Kansas City.

In 1887, suspecting that the local telephone operator was diverting his potential clients to a rival, he devised a cardboard mock-up of an automatic switching mechanism comprising ten layers of ten contacts, in which electromagnets would be used to lift and rotate the contact wiper arm and thus connect the caller to any one of 100 telephone destinations. Two years later he filed a patent for a 1,000-line automatic exchange.

With the help of his nephew he made a 100line working demonstration and eventually, with the aid of financial backers, the Strowger Automatic Exchange Company was established on 30 October 1891; its first exchange was installed in La Porte, Indiana, in 1892. By the end of 1896 Strowger exchanges had been established in a number of other towns. That year the Strowger engineers introduced the dial system to replace the confusing push-button mechanism, an innovation that was to survive until relatively recently, and the following year saw development of a "trunking" system. In failing health, Strowger retired to Florida, but the company flourished and eventually became part of General Telephones and Electronics (GTE).

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