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1 justify
∎ nothing can justify such cruelty rien ne saurait excuser ou justifier une telle cruauté;∎ she tried to justify her behaviour to her parents elle a essayé de justifier son comportement aux yeux de ses parents∎ to justify a lawsuit justifier une action en justice -
2 justify
justify [ˈdʒʌstɪfaɪ][+ behaviour, action] justifier ; [+ decision] prouver le bien-fondé de* * *['dʒʌstɪfaɪ]transitive verb1) gen justifier2) justifier [margins]3) Computing cadrer [text, data] -
3 justify
1 justifier [feeling, belief, complaint, increase, policy] ; how can you justify such cruelty? qu'est-ce qui justifie une telle cruauté? ; what justifies its inclusion in the collection? qu'est-ce qui justifie qu'on le mette dans la collection? ;3 Comput cadrer [text, data].the end justifies the means la fin justifie les moyens. -
4 justify
1) (to prove or show (a person, action, opinion etc) to be just, right, desirable or reasonable: How can the government justify the spending of millions of pounds on weapons when there is so much poverty in the country?) justifier2) (to be a good excuse for: Your state of anxiety does not justify your being so rude to me.) justifier•- justification -
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justifier; expliquer; légitimer; pf. excuserEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > to justify
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9 rationalize
rationalize [ˈræ∫nəlaɪz]a. ( = explain) [+ event, conduct] trouver une explication logique à ; ( = justify) justifier après coupb. [+ industry, production, problems] rationaliser* * *['ræʃnəlaɪz]transitive verb1) ( justify) justifier2) GB Economics rationaliser -
10 warrant
warrant [ˈwɒrənt]1. noun• do you have a warrant? (to police officer) vous avez un mandat (de perquisition) ?* * *['wɒrənt], US ['wɔːr-] 1.1) Law mandat m2) Finance bon m de souscription2. 3.dividend warrant — coupon m de dividende
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11 account
account [əˈkaʊnt]1. nouna. compte m• to pay £50 on account verser un acompte de 50 livres• cash or account? (in hotel, bar) vous payez comptant ou je le mets sur votre note ?b. ( = explanation) explication f► to take + account• to take sth/sb into account tenir compte de qch/qn• to take no account of sth ne pas tenir compte de qch► on + account• on this or that account pour cette raison2. plural nounaccounts ( = calculation) comptabilité f• to do/keep the accounts faire/tenir la comptabilité3. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━‼|/b] [b]account ≠ acompte━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. ( = explain, justify) [+ expenses, one's conduct] justifier ; [+ circumstances] expliquer• there's no accounting for taste(PROV) chacun son goût• three people have not yet been accounted for (after accident) trois personnes n'ont pas encore été retrouvéesb. ( = represent) représenter• this accounts for 10% of the total cela représente 10 % du chiffre total* * *[ə'kaʊnt] 1.1) (in bank, post office) compte m (at, with à)in my/his account — sur mon/son compte
2) Commerce ( credit arrangement) compte mto charge something to ou put something on somebody's account — mettre quelque chose sur le compte de quelqu'un
on account — ( as part payment) d'acompte
to settle an account — ( in shop) régler un compte; ( in hotel) régler une note
3) ( in advertising) budget m (de publicité)4) ( bill) facture f5) ( consideration)to take something into account —
6) ( description) compte-rendu m; ( if contentious) version f7) ( impression)8) ( indicating reason)on this ou that account — pour cette raison
on my/his account — (because of me/him) à cause de moi/lui
10) ( importance)2.accounts plural noun2) ( department) (service m) comptabilité f3.transitive verb soutPhrasal Verbs: -
12 challenge
challenge [ˈt∫ælɪndʒ]1. noundéfi ma. ( = call on) défierb. [+ statement] contesterc. [+ juror, jury] récuser* * *['tʃælɪndʒ] 1.1) ( provocation) défi mto put out ou issue a challenge — lancer un défi
2) ( situation or opportunity) ( stimulating) challenge m; ( considered difficult) épreuve fto rise to ou meet the challenge — relever le challenge
3) ( contest)to make a challenge for — essayer de s'emparer de [title]; entrer dans la course à [presidency]
leadership challenge — Politics tentative f pour s'emparer de la direction du parti
4) ( questioning) (of claim, authority) contestation f (to de)5) Sport attaque f2.transitive verb1) ( invite to justify) défier [person] (to à; to do de faire)2) ( question) débattre [ideas]; contester [statement, authority]; [sentry] faire une sommation à3) ( test) mettre à l'épreuve [skill, person] -
13 confirm
confirm [kənˈfɜ:m]* * *[kən'fɜːm]transitive verb1) (state as true, validate) confirmer2) Administration approuver [appointment]3) ( justify)to confirm somebody in — conforter quelqu'un dans [belief, opinion]
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14 defend
defend [dɪˈfend]a. défendre• to defend o.s. se défendreb. ( = justify) justifierdéfendre ; ( = play in defence) être en défense* * *[dɪ'fend] 1.transitive verb défendre [fort, freedom, interests, client, title, belief]; justifier [behaviour, decision]2.intransitive verb Sport défendre3.4.to defend oneself — ( protect oneself) lit, fig se défendre
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15 excuse
a. excuser• one can be excused for not understanding what she says il est excusable qu'on ne comprenne pas ce qu'elle dit• and now if you will excuse me, I... et maintenant, si vous voulez bien m'excuser, je...• excuse me for wondering if... permettez-moi de me demander si...• excuse me! excusez-moi !2. nounexcuse f• his success was a good excuse for a family party ce succès a fourni le prétexte à une fête de famille━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✦ Lorsque excuse est un verbe, le s se prononce z: ɪksˈkju:z ; lorsque c'est un nom, il se prononce s: ɪksˈkju:s.* * *1. [ɪk'skjuːs]noun ( self-justification) excuse f; ( pretext) prétexte m ( for something à quelque chose; for doing pour faire; to do pour faire)to be an excuse to do ou for doing — servir de prétexte pour faire
2. [ɪk'skjuːz]that's no excuse — ce n'est pas une excuse or une raison
transitive verbexcuse me! — ( bumping into somebody) excusez-moi!, pardon!; (beginning an inquiry, making polite correction) excusez-moi; ( making angry correction) je regrette, mais; ( not hearing properly) pardon?
may I be excused? — GB euph est-ce que je peux aller aux toilettes?
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16 fully
fully [ˈfʊlɪ]• he's now a fully-fledged doctor/architect (British) il est maintenant médecin/architecte diplômé* * *['fʊlɪ]1) ( completely) [understand] très bien; [succeed, recover] tout à fait; [furnished, dressed] entièrement; [awake, developed] complètement; [aware] parfaitement2) ( to the maximum) [open] à fond; [stretched] complètementfully booked — complet/-ète
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17 legitimize
legitimize [lɪˈdʒɪtɪmaɪz]* * *[lɪ'dʒɪtɪmaɪz]transitive verb1) ( legalize) légaliser2) ( justify) justifier -
18 counterbid
suroffre f, surenchère f; (during takeover bid) contre-OPA fThere is the possibility of a counterbid. Barclays, Aegon, Generali, Allianz and AXA could all be interested. But analysts are sceptical of a serious bidding war. A counterbidder would have to increase the price and at this level it looks hard to justify, says banking analyst John Kirk of broker Fox-Pitt Kelton.
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19 merit
mérite m;∎ promotion is on merit alone l'avancement se fait uniquement au méritemerit bonus prime f de rendement;merit increase augmentation f au mérite;merit rating notation f du personnel;merit system système m d'avancement fondé sur le mériteSecond, consider the Equal Pay Act, which generally requires that men and women be paid alike for substantially equal work, unless you can justify pay distinctions on the basis of a bona fide merit system, seniority system or a factor other than gender. "If the male is paid more than the female, even though you base that on prior salary history, it's going to raise a red flag," Duffie says.
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20 warrant
1 noun(b) (for goods) certificat m d'entrepôt(c) STOCK EXCHANGE bon m de souscription d'actions∎ costs are too high to warrant further investment les frais sont trop élevés pour justifier d'autres investissements(b) (guarantee) garantir
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