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41 ground
12 nAGRIC, COAL, CONST terreno m, tierra f, suelo mELEC, ELEC ENG, PHYS, PROD, TELECOM, VEH (cf earth BrE ) (AmE) masa f, masa eléctrica f, puesta a tierra f, tierra f, toma de tierra fVEH masa f, masa eléctrica f, puesta a tierra f, toma de tierra f3 vt (AmE) (cf earth BrE )GEN conectar a masa, conectar a tierra, poner a masa, poner a tierra, unir a masa4 viAIR TRANSP obligar a permanecer en tierraOCEAN, WATER TRANSP ship encallar, varar -
42 Angola
(and Enclave of Cabinda)From 1575 to 1975, Angola was a colony of Portugal. Located in west-central Africa, this colony has been one of the largest, most strategically located, and richest in mineral and agricultural resources in the continent. At first, Portugal's colonial impact was largely coastal, but after 1700 it became more active in the interior. By international treaties signed between 1885 and 1906, Angola's frontiers with what are now Zaire and Zambia were established. The colony's area was 1,246,700 square kilometers (481,000 square miles), Portugal's largest colonial territory after the independence of Brazil. In Portugal's third empire, Angola was the colony with the greatest potential.The Atlantic slave trade had a massive impact on the history, society, economy, and demography of Angola. For centuries, Angola's population played a subordinate role in the economy of Portugal's Brazil-centered empire. Angola's population losses to the slave trade were among the highest in Africa, and its economy became, to a large extent, hostage to the Brazilian plantation-based economic system. Even after Brazil's independence in 1822, Brazilian economic interests and capitalists were influential in Angola; it was only after Brazil banned the slave trade in 1850 that the heavy slave traffic to former Portuguese America began to wind down. Although slavery in Angola was abolished, in theory, in the 1870s, it continued in various forms, and it was not until the early 1960s that its offspring, forced labor, was finally ended.Portugal's economic exploitation of Angola went through different stages. During the era of the Atlantic slave trade (ca. 1575-1850), when many of Angola's slaves were shipped to Brazil, Angola's economy was subordinated to Brazil's and to Portugal's. Ambitious Lisbon-inspired projects followed when Portugal attempted to replace the illegal slave trade, long the principal income source for the government of Angola, with legitimate trade, mining, and agriculture. The main exports were dyes, copper, rubber, coffee, cotton, and sisal. In the 1940s and 1950s, petroleum emerged as an export with real potential. Due to the demand of the World War II belligerents for Angola's raw materials, the economy experienced an impetus, and soon other articles such as diamonds, iron ore, and manganese found new customers. Angola's economy, on an unprecedented scale, showed significant development, which was encouraged by Lisbon. Portugal's colonization schemes, sending white settlers to farm in Angola, began in earnest after 1945, although such plans had been nearly a century in the making. Angola's white population grew from about 40,000 in 1940 to nearly 330,000 settlers in 1974, when the military coup occurred in Portugal.In the early months of 1961, a war of African insurgency broke out in northern Angola. Portugal dispatched armed forces to suppress resistance, and the African insurgents were confined to areas on the borders of northern and eastern Angola at least until the 1966-67 period. The 13-year colonial war had a telling impact on both Angola and Portugal. When the Armed Forces Movement overthrew the Estado Novo on 25 April 1974, the war in Angola had reached a stalemate and the major African nationalist parties (MPLA, FNLA, and UNITA) had made only modest inroads in the northern fringes and in central and eastern Angola, while there was no armed activity in the main cities and towns.After a truce was called between Portugal and the three African parties, negotiations began to organize the decolonizat ion process. Despite difficult maneuvering among the parties, Portugal, the MPLA, FNLA, and UNITA signed the Alvor Agreement of January 1975, whereby Portugal would oversee a transition government, create an all-Angola army, and supervise national elections to be held in November 1975. With the outbreak of a bloody civil war among the three African parties and their armies, the Alvor Agreement could not be put into effect. Fighting raged between March and November 1975. Unable to prevent the civil war or to insist that free elections be held, Portugal's officials and armed forces withdrew on 11 November 1975. Rather than handing over power to one party, they transmitted sovereignty to the people of Angola. Angola's civil war continued into the 21st century. -
43 tax
tax [tæks]1 noun∎ to levy or to collect taxes lever ou percevoir des impôts;∎ most of my income goes in tax la plus grande partie de mes revenus va aux impôts;∎ I don't pay much tax je ne paie pas beaucoup d'impôts;∎ I paid over $5,000 in tax j'ai payé plus de 5000 dollars d'impôts;∎ to be liable to tax être assujetti à l'impôt;∎ after tax net, après impôt;∎ before tax avant impôt(b) (on goods, services, imports) taxe f;∎ to levy or to put a 10 percent tax on sth frapper qch d'une taxe de 10 pour cent, imposer ou taxer qch à 10 pour cent;∎ there is a high tax on whisky le whisky est fortement taxé;∎ baby food is free of tax les aliments pour bébés sont exempts ou exonérés de taxe;∎ a tax on books/knowledge une taxe sur les livres/le savoir;∎ to be liable to tax être assujetti à l'impôt;∎ before tax hors taxe;∎ exclusive of tax hors taxe∎ it was a tax on his strength/nerves ça l'a beaucoup éprouvé (physiquement)/(psychologiquement)∎ the rich will be more heavily taxed les riches seront plus lourdement imposés ou payeront plus d'impôts;∎ luxury goods are taxed at 28 percent les articles de luxe sont taxés à 28 pour cent ou font l'objet d'une taxe de 28 pour cent;∎ we're being taxed out of existence on nous accable d'impôts∎ to tax one's car acheter la vignette (automobile)∎ to tax sb with sth accuser ou taxer qn de qch;∎ to tax sb with doing sth accuser qn d'avoir fait qch►► tax adjustment redressement m fiscal ou d'impôt;tax allowance abattement m fiscal, déduction f fiscale;tax assessment avis m d'imposition, fixation f de l'impôt;tax audit vérification f fiscale;tax authorities administration f fiscale;tax avoidance optimisation f ou évasion f fiscale, French Canadian évitement m fiscal;tax band tranche f d'imposition;tax base assiette f fiscale;tax benefit avantage m fiscal;tax bite proportion f du revenu pris par l'impôt;tax bracket tranche f d'imposition, fourchette f d'imposition;tax break réduction f d'impôt, allègement m fiscal;tax burden pression f fiscale, poids m de la fiscalité;tax ceiling plafond m fiscal, plafond m de l'impôt;tax centre centre m des impôts, CDI m;tax clearance quitus m fiscal;tax code barème m fiscal;tax collection recouvrement m d'impôts, perception f d'impôts;tax collector percepteur m d'impôt, receveur m des contributions;tax consultant conseiller(ère) m,f fiscal(e), conseil m fiscal;tax credit aide f fiscale, avoir m fiscal;tax cut baisse f ou réduction f des impôts;tax deduction prélèvement m fiscal, déduction f fiscale;tax deduction at source perception f à la source;British tax disc vignette f (automobile);American tax dollars argent m du contribuable;tax domicile foyer m ou domicile m fiscal;tax evasion fraude f fiscale, évasion f fiscale;tax exemption exonération f d'impôt, exemption f d'impôt;tax exile = personne qui réside à l'étranger pour minimiser la responsabilité fiscale;tax expert fiscaliste mf;tax form feuille f ou déclaration f d'impôts;tax fraud fraude f fiscale;tax harmonization harmonisation f fiscale;tax haven paradis m fiscal;tax holiday période f de grâce (accordée pour le paiement des impôts);tax impact incidence f fiscale;tax incentive incitation f fiscale, avantage m fiscal;tax inspection contrôle m fiscal;tax inspector inspecteur(trice) m,f des contributions directes ou des impôts;tax law droit m fiscal;tax liability (of person) assujetissement m à l'impôt; (of goods, product) exigibilité f de l'impôt;tax loophole échappatoire f fiscale;tax loss déficit m fiscal reportable;tax office centre m des impôts;tax official agent m du fisc;tax privilege privilège m fiscal;tax rate taux m d'imposition;tax rebate dégrèvement m fiscal;tax reduction abattement m fiscal;tax relief (UNCOUNT) dégrèvement m fiscal;∎ to get tax relief on sth obtenir un dégrèvement ou allégement fiscal sur qch;tax return déclaration f de revenu, feuille f d'impôt;tax revenue recettes fpl ou rentrées fpl fiscales;tax roll rôle m d'impôt ou des contributions;tax shelter avantage m fiscal;tax shield protection f fiscale;tax system régime m fiscal ou d'imposition;tax threshold minimum m imposable, seuil m d'imposition;∎ the government has raised tax thresholds in line with inflation le gouvernement a relevé les tranches de l'impôt pour tenir compte de l'inflation;tax year année f fiscale, année f d'imposition (qui commence en avril en Grande-Bretagne) -
44 hot-desking
Gen Mgta flexible working practice enabling employees to occupy any vacant workspace instead of sitting at a permanent personalized desk. Organizations using a hot-desking system may have a set of standardized workspaces equipped with information and communications technologies, and employees may sit at a different desk each day. Alternatively, the majority of employees may have their own desks, but some employees, such as consultants or parttime workers, may sit at any desk that happens to be free that day. Most conventional offices are only full for a fraction of the time they are open because of sickness, vacations, or teleworking and this results in empty desks and wasted resources. Hot-desking enables expensive office space to be fully utilized and forms part of the concept of the virtual office. Although employees practicing hot-desking may have limited storage space in the form of a filing cabinet or locker, most of their work and information will be stored electronically.
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