major stocks

- accounting stock
- accumulated stocks
- accumulative stocks
- active stock
- adjustable rate preferred stock
- air pocket stock
- assented stock
- authorized stock
- authorized capital stock
- bank stock
- barometer stock
- basic stock
- bearer stock
- bellweather stocks
- below par stock
- blue chip stock
- bonification stock
- bonus stock
- buffer stock
- cabinet stock
- callable preferred stock
- capital stock
- carry-over stocks
- cash stock
- certificated stocks
- certified stocks
- classified stocks
- closed stock
- closing stock
- commodity stocks
- common stock
- consignment stock
- consolidated stocks
- consumable stock
- consumed stock
- contingency stock
- control stock
- conversion stocks
- convertible stocks
- convertible loan stocks
- corporation stock
- credit stock
- cumulative stock
- cumulative preferred stock
- curb stock
- cushion stock
- cyclical stocks
- dated stock
- dead stock
- debenture stock
- defensive stock
- deferred stock
- deliverable stocks
- diluted stock
- distributed stocks
- distributing stock
- distribution stock
- dividend-paying stock
- dollar stock
- donated stock
- emergency stock
- equity stock
- excess stock
- excessive stock
- exhausted stock
- existing stocks
- extra stock
- factory stock
- fancy stocks
- farm stock
- feed stock
- final stock
- finished stock
- firm stock
- fixed capital stock
- floating stock
- fluctuation stock
- food stocks
- foreign stock
- founders' stock
- free stock
- fully paid-up stock
- general stock
- gilt-edged stock
- glamour stock
- go-go stock
- gold stock
- gold reserve stock
- government stocks
- gross stock
- growth stock
- guaranteed stock
- half stock
- hauling stock
- heavy stock
- high-flying stocks
- high technology stocks
- high-yielding stocks
- hot stocks
- inactive stock
- incoming stocks
- industrial stock
- initial stock
- inscribed stock
- insurance companies' stock
- intangible capital stock
- international stocks
- interprocess stock
- investment stock
- irredeemable stock
- issued stock
- joint stock
- junior stock
- landed stocks
- large stock
- legended stock
- letter stock
- leveraged stock
- limited-life preferred stock
- listed stock
- loan stock
- loaned stock
- long stock
- low stocks
- low-par stock
- major stocks
- management stock
- mining stock
- model stock
- monetary stock
- money stock
- municipal stock
- national stocks
- nationalization stock
- newly created stock
- newly issued stock
- nonassented stock
- nonclearing-house stock
- noncumulative stock
- noncumulative preferred stock
- nondistributed stocks
- nonparticipating preferred stock
- nonvoting stock
- no-par stock
- no-par value stock
- old stocks
- open stock
- opening stock
- option stocks
- ordinary stock
- original stock
- outstanding stock
- over-norm stocks
- over-the-counter stock
- paid-up stock
- participating preferred stock
- partly paid stock
- part-paid stock
- par-value stock
- penny stock
- performance stock
- permanent stock
- physical stock
- planned stock
- pool stock
- potential stock
- preference stock
- preferred stock
- preferred ordinary stock
- preferred redeemable stock
- prior preferred stock
- privatization stock
- promoters' protection stock
- protective stock
- public stocks
- quarter stock
- railroad stock
- registered stock
- remaining stocks
- remnant stock
- reserve stock
- residual stock
- residue stock
- restricted stock
- retailers' stock
- rolling stock
- safety stock
- security stocks
- select blue chip stocks
- semiprocessed stock
- shelf stocks
- silver stock
- slow-moving stock
- small stocks
- speculative stock
- standard stocks
- standard inventory stock
- stapled stock
- strategic stock
- street-name stock
- subscribed capital stock
- substantial stocks
- surplus stock
- take-over stock
- tangible capital stock
- tap stocks
- total stock
- trading stock
- transferable stock
- transit stock
- Treasury stocks
- treasury stock
- trust stocks
- uncertified stock
- undated stocks
- underlying stock
- underpriced privatization stock
- undervalued stock
- unissued stock
- unlisted stock
- unregistered stock
- unregulated stock
- unsalable stock
- unsecured stock
- unsecured loan stock
- unvalued stock
- value stocks
- vast stocks
- volatile stock
- voting stock
- watered stock
- working stock
- world food stock
- stock in the bank
- stocks in the till
- stock in transit
- stock of bills of exchange
- stock of capital goods
- stock of commodities
- stock of equipment
- stock of gold
- stock of goods
- stock of material
- stock of merchandise
- stock of orders
- stock of products
- stock of raw materials
- stock of spare parts
- stock of tangible assets
- stock of wealth
- stock on hand
- stock on order
- stocks with an arbitrary low value
- stocks with low multiples
- from stock
- absorb stocks
- acquire stock
- accumulate stocks
- alienate stocks
- allot stocks
- bear the stocks
- be in stock
- be long of stock
- be out of stock
- bond a stock
- breed stock
- build up stocks
- carry in stock
- clear the stocks
- deplete stocks
- dispose of stocks
- draw on stocks
- float stocks
- have stocks
- have in stock
- hold a stock
- hold in stock
- increase the capital stock
- issue stocks
- keep a stock
- keep goods in stock
- keep stocks in trust
- lay in stock
- order from stock
- pay off stocks
- raise stock
- recall stocks
- renew stocks
- replenish stocks
- run down stocks
- sell from stock
- speculate in stocks and shares
- split stocks
- subscribe for stocks
- supply from stock
- surrender the stocks
- take stock
- take in stock
- tout the stock
- trade stocks
- water down the stock
- withdraw stocks

Ex: Having been alerted to the existence of a document, the user needs information concerning the actual location of the document, in order that the document may be read.

Ex: Some school libraries are becoming involved in life-long learning but local government and public libraries must take responsibility for provisions for this.

Ex: They seem to regard literature as a secondary experience, more akin to being a peeping Tom, an impotent voyeur, rather than being one of the healthy, active people who get on with real living.

* conocimiento de la existencia = awareness.

* en existencia = remain + in being, in existence.

* existencia humana = human existence.

* existencia precaria = precarious existence.

* ganarse la existencia = earn + a living, earn + Posesivo + living.

* justificar la existencia = justify + Posesivo + existence.

 

existencia sustantivo femenino
1



2 (Com) stock
existencia sustantivo femenino
1 existence: este niño me alegra la existencia, this child brightens my life
2 Com existencias, stock sing, stocks
' existencia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
regalada
- regalado
- vida
- virtual
- amargar
- ausencia
- conocer
- prosaico
- teórico
English:
being
- existence
- go under
- in
- throw
- very

Ex: The major difference is that a periodical index relates to a number of issues and to contributions from a number of different authors.

Ex: Combined catalogues showing the resources available to a group of libraries have been a feature of library co-operation for many years.

Ex: We have just stated that the linkage of varying titles and varying forms of entry have to be done on the same basis in an automated situation as in a manual situation.

Ex: The partnership between the CLT and industry is considered in some detail.

Ex: The homogeneity, competitiveness and resulting synergy of this market is fostering significant advances in the capability of smaller computers to manage large massess of data.

Ex: Conservation problems are so many and so complex that only dedicated cooperative efforts can reverse the current rapid deterioration of library stocks.

Ex: These include partnering with: principals, teachers, community members, public librarians and businesses.

Ex: The traditional methods of marketing and selling on-line bibliographic data base services have revolved around fertilisation between the marketing and sales departments.

Ex: The planning of the library represented a total team effort of librarian, architect, consultant, and interior designer.

Ex: In order to stimulate international input, the IFLA Office for UBC invited catalogers in unrepresented countries to recommend revisions of the AACR and to comment on the potential of the second edition as an international code.

Ex: Any attempt to coerce a response without good reason based on that child's present predicament is to place in jeopardy the child's willing engagement now and in the future.

* acuerdo de colaboración = collaborative partnership, partnership agreement.

* autoría en colaboración = collaborative writing.

* colaboración en equipo = collaborative teamwork.

* colaboración en la investigación = cooperative research.

* colaboración estrecha = close collaboration.

* colaboracion interdisciplinar = interdisciplinary collaboration.

* colaboración perfecta = marriage made in heaven.

* contar con la colaboración de = enjoy + cooperation with.

* creación de acuerdo de colaboración = partnership building.

* diseñar en colaboración = co-design.

* editar en colaboración = coedit [co-edit].

* en colaboración = collaborative, cooperative [co-operative], jointly, participatory, in concert, in consort, collaboratively, synergistic, synergistically, in tandem, in a tandem fashion, in partnership.

* en colaboración con = in concert with, in consultation with, in collaboration with, in alliance with, in conjunction with, in partnership with.

* en estrecha colaboración = in close collaboration.

* en estrecha colaboración con = hand-in-glove with.

* escribir en colaboración = co-write [cowrite].

* establecer una colaboración = forge + collaboration.

* financiar en colaboración = co-finance [cofinance].

* investigación en colaboración = collaborative research.

* organizar en colaboración = co-organise [co-organize, -USA].

* patrocinar en colaboración con = co-host.

* proyecto de colaboración = joint venture.

* proyecto en colaboración = collaborative project.

* trabajar en colaboración = team, interwork.

* trabajar en colaboración (con) = team up (with).

 

colaboración sustantivo femenino
collaboration;

colaboración sustantivo femenino
1 (ayuda) collaboration
2 Prensa contribution

' colaboración' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
concurso
- entre
- junta
- junto
- no
- prestar
- contribución
- estrecho
English:
call on
- collaboration
- contribution
- closely
- cooperation
- cooperative

Ex: Corporate insiders are defined as officers, directors or major shareholders that own stock in US public corporations.

ИДТИ/ПОЙТИ В ГОРУ VP fixed WO X is rising in the world (rising higher and higher) X is making his way in the world (in limited contexts) X is climbing the ladder of success X is rising (moving) up the ladder of promotion X's stock is going up X is making headway X is doing very well for himself. things were looking up X began to prosper (was prospering) (in limited contexts) X was on the increase X was going well. Xs are soaring (rising, climbing).

visado callejón parrilla 2) hum

Ex: The reduction of public access and egress to a single point well controlled by electronic or other means goes some way to reduce the loss of books.

Ex: A cash desk should be placed by each exit.

Ex: Hawthorne gave an uneasy laugh, which was merely the outlet for her disappointment.

Ex: The 1st calendar of events included a slide show, a literary afternoon, travel tips, and a picnic and outing.

Ex: At present the onus appears to be on individual library directors to develop alternative career paths and escape routes = Por ahora la responsabilidad de desarrollar trayectorias profesionales y vías de escape alternativas parece recaer sobre los directores de la biblioteca en cuestión.

Ex: Yet the genuine stockholding bookseller is committed to holding good stocks of books for the customers' benefit which means that he does not aim simply at buying in the books with the quickest turnover.

Ex: Obviously, the work-around is to cut-and-paste this into the end of the document, but why did this happen in the first place?.

Ex: The booksellers in the sample 'turned over their stocks on average about four times a year' though rates of stock turnover varied widely.

Ex: ' Turnover of stock' is, then, an important part of successful and lively bookselling.

Ex: The collection is composed of more than 400,000 prints and negatives from photographs taken during 1,258 separate flight missions, most of which were flown over California.

Ex: She racked her brains for a way out but could not find anything successful.

Ex: There's a great gas station and convenience store at the turn-off.

* a la salida = on the way out.

* asesor de salidas profesionales = career(s) adviser.

* bandera de salida, la = checkered flag, the.

* callejón sin salida = blind alley, catch 22, cul-de-sac, dead end, impasse, dead end street, deadlock, standoff.

* caudal de salida = flow rate.

* con salida al mercado = due out.

* consejero sobre salidas profesionales = career advisor, career counsellor.

* control de salida = exit barrier.

* dar el pistoletazo de salida = fire + the starting gun.

* dar salida a = vent.

* de salida = outgoing.

* disco de salida = output diskette.

* dispositivo de salida = output equipment.

* encontrar la salida a = find + a/the way out of.

* encontrar una salida a = find + a/the way out of.

* entradas y salidas = comings and goings.

* estrategia de salida = exit strategy.

* fecha de salida = departure date.

* fichero de salida = outgoing file.

* fichero de salida de datos = communication output file.

* hora de salida = departure time, check-out time.

* información sobre salidas profesionales = career(s) information.

* la mejor salida = the best way forward.

* libro de registro de entrada y salida de cartas = letterbook [letter book].

* no tener salida = be stuck, get + stuck.

* orientación sobre salidas profesionales = career guidance.

* parrilla de salida = starting grid.

* pasillo de salida = exit lane.

* pistoletazo de salida = starting signal, starting gun.

* precio de salida = starting price.

* primera posición de salida = pole start, pole position.

* puerta de salida = exit door.

* registro de salida de cartas = outward letterbook.

* salida de aire = venting.

* salida de artistas = stage door.

* salida de datos = output.

* salida de emergencia = emergency exit.

* salida de humos = flue.

* salida de incendios = fire exit.

* salida de lectores = public exit.

* salida del sol = sunrise.

* salida del sol, la = rising of the sun, the.

* salida en falso = false start.

* salida lateral = side entrance.

* salida nula = false start.

* salida profesional = career opportunity, career path, career pattern, career option.

* salidas profesionales = careers guidance, career development, career planning, careers education, employability, job opportunities.

* sin salida al mar = land-bound [landbound], land-locked [landlocked].

* sistema de control de la salida = exit control system.

* sondeo hecho a la salida = exit survey.

* tacos de salida = starting blocks.

* válvula de salida = outlet valve.

Ex: Youll never be short on a witty remark with a database of almost 180000 jokes.

Ex: Youll never be short on a witty remark with a database of almost 180000 jokes.

 

salida sustantivo femenino ( hacia el exterior)
1


todas las salidas de Bilbao all the roads out of Bilbao;
es una calle sin salida it's a dead end

( de circuito) outlet
2


nos encontramos a la salida del concierto we met at the door after the concert;
una salida al campo an outing o a trip to the country



( partida)
1 (de tren, avión) departure;


( on signs) salidas nacionales/internacionales domestic/international departures
2 (Dep) ( en una carrera) start
1 ( solución):

no nos queda otra salida we have no other option
2 (Com, Fin) ( gasto) payment
salido,-a adjetivo
1 (saliente, prominente) projecting
(frente, pómulos, etc) prominent
(ojos) bulging
familiar sticky-out
2 fam pey (cachondo) horny, randy
salida sustantivo femenino
1 (lugar por donde se sale) exit, way out: nos pasamos diez minutos buscando la salida, we spent ten minutes looking for the way out
este carril tiene salida a la autopista, this lane leads onto the motorway
callejón sin salida, dead end
(de una tubería, desagüe) outlet, outflow
Inform output
2 (acción de salir) leaving
a la salida del trabajo, on leaving work
(de un tren, un avión) departure
(del Sol, de la Luna, etc) rising
salida del sol, sunrise
(viaje corto, excursión) trip
una salida al campo, an outing to the country
3 Dep start
dar la salida, to give the signal to start
línea de salida, starting line
4 (solución) option, solution: este problema no tiene salida, there's no solution to this problem
5 Lab prospect: la filosofía no tiene muchas salidas, there aren't many job opportunities in philosophy
6 (cese de una actividad) el próximo año se producirá mi salida del cargo, I'll be leaving the post next year
7 fig (agudeza, ocurrencia) witty remark
8 (comentario inapropiado) salida de tono, inappropriate remark
9 (puesta en venta, lanzamiento de un producto) la salida del nuevo periódico se producirá el lunes, the new newspaper will be launched onto the market next Monday
10 Fin (gasto) hemos tenido demasiadas salidas en concepto de compra de materiales, purchase of materials has led to an unacceptable increase in spending
' salida' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acaso
- callejón
- dirigir
- efectuar
- emergencia
- empujar
- escape
- escorrentía
- expectante
- fichar
- forzuda
- forzudo
- panel
- prever
- punto
- retardar
- taponar
- bloquear
- cortada
- desvío
- escapatoria
- excursión
- lateral
- línea
- obstruir
- partida
- retrasar
- tapar
- ver
English:
blind alley
- checkout
- clock off
- clock out
- crowd
- cul-de-sac
- dead end
- departure
- exit
- false start
- fight
- fire exit
- hasty
- off
- out
- outlet
- output
- rise
- rising
- sailing
- seal off
- stampede
- start
- starter
- starting block
- starting line
- starting post
- starting price
- sunrise
- sunup
- takeoff
- turn off
- way
- wisecrack
- block
- catch
- curtain
- dead
- emergency
- false
- flotation
- flying
- land
- mark
- quip
- ramp
- release
- rush
- stand
- starting
[de red de cables, cañerías] outlet; [ideas] to find an outlet for salida de emergencia emergency exit; salida nula false start Fin salida a bolsa [de empresa] flotation [pretexto] excuse; salida de tono out-of-place remark [posibilidades] market; [se vende] this product sells well; [no se vende] this product doesn't sell

   a. ( = calculer) to count

• combien en avez-vous compté ? how many did you count?

• 40 cm ? j'avais compté 30 40cm? I made it 30

• on peut compter sur les doigts de la main ceux qui comprennent vraiment you can count on the fingers of one hand the people who really understand

• compter les points (figurative) to sit back and watch

• ses jours sont comptés he hasn't long to live

   b. ( = prévoir) to reckon

• j'ai compté qu'il nous en fallait 10 I reckoned we'd need 10

• je compte 150 grammes de pâtes par personne I allow 150 grammes of pasta per person

• il faut bien compter 10 jours you must allow at least 10 days

   c. ( = inclure) to include

• cela fait un mètre en comptant l'ourlet that makes one metre including the hem

• nous étions dix, sans compter le professeur there were ten of us, not counting the teacher

• la ville compte quelques très belles églises the town has some very beautiful churches

   d. ( = facturer) to charge for

• compter qch à qn to charge sb for sth

• ils n'ont pas compté le café they didn't charge for the coffee

   e. ( = prendre en considération) to take into account

• ta bonne volonté te sera comptée your helpfulness will be taken into account

• il aurait dû venir, sans compter qu'il n'avait rien à faire he ought to have come, especially as he had nothing to do

   f. ( = classer) to consider

• on compte ce livre parmi les meilleurs de l'année this book is considered among the best of the year

   g. ( = avoir l'intention de) to intend to ; ( = s'attendre à) to expect to

• ils comptent partir demain they intend to leave tomorrow

• j'y compte bien ! I should hope so!

2. <

   a. ( = calculer) to count

• il sait compter jusqu'à 10 he can count up to 10

• compter de tête to count in one's head

• tu as mal compté you counted wrong

   b. ( = être économe) to economize

• dépenser sans compter ( = être dépensier) to spend extravagantly ; ( = donner généreusement) to give without counting the cost

   c. ( = avoir de l'importance) to count

• c'est le résultat qui compte it's the result that counts

• sa mère compte beaucoup pour lui his mother is very important to him

   d. ( = valoir) to count

• compter double to count double

   e. ( = figurer) compter parmi to rank among

• compter au nombre de to be one of

• ça a compté pour beaucoup dans sa décision that was an important factor in his decision

   f. (locutions)

► à compter de as from

• cette loi prendra effet à compter du 30 septembre this law will take effect as from 30 September► compter avec ( = tenir compte de) to take account of

• il faut compter avec l'opinion you've got to take account of public opinion

• un nouveau parti avec lequel il faut compter a new party that has to be taken into account► compter sans

• on avait compté sans la grève we hadn't reckoned on there being a strike► compter sur

• compter sur ses doigts to count on one's fingers

• nous comptons sur vous pour demain we're expecting you tomorrow

• ne comptez pas sur moi (pour agir) don't count on me ; (pour participer) you can count me out

• ne comptez pas trop là-dessus don't count on it

* * *

kɔ̃te
1.

verbe transitif

1) ( dénombrer) to count

on compte deux millions de chômeurs — there is a total of two million unemployed

on ne compte plus ses victoires — he/she has had countless victories

je ne compte plus les lettres anonymes que je reçois — I've lost count of the anonymous letters I have received

il a toujours compté ses sous — he has always watched the pennies

sans compter — [donner, dépenser] freely

2) ( évaluer)

compter une bouteille pour trois — to allow a bottle between three people

il faut compter environ 100 euros — you should reckon on GB ou count on paying about 100 euros

je préfère compter large — I prefer to be on the safe side

3) ( faire payer)

compter quelque chose à quelqu'un — to charge somebody for something

il m'a compté 30 euros de déplacement — he charged a 30 euro call-out fee

4) ( inclure) to count

je vous ai compté dans le nombre des participants — I've counted you as one of ou among the participants

sans compter les primes — not counting bonuses

sans compter les soucis — not to mention the worry

notre club compte des gens célèbres — our club has some well-known people among its members

5) ( projeter)

compter faire — to intend to do

je compte m'acheter un ordinateur — I'm hoping to buy myself a computer

6) ( s'attendre à)

il comptait que je lui prête de l'argent — he expected me to lend him some money

‘je vais t'aider’ - ‘j'y compte bien’ — ‘I'll help you’ - ‘I should hope so too’

2.

verbe intransitif

1) ( dire les nombres) to count

il ne sait pas compter — he can't count

2) ( calculer) to count, to add up

il sait très bien compter, il compte très bien — he's very good at counting

3) ( avoir de l'importance) to matter ( pour quelqu'un to somebody)

ce qui compte c'est qu'ils se sont réconciliés — what matters is that they have made it up

c'est l'intention or le geste qui compte — it's the thought that counts

ça compte beaucoup pour moi — it means a lot to me

le salaire compte beaucoup dans le choix d'une carrière — pay is an important factor in the choice of a career

4) ( avoir une valeur) to count

compter double/triple — to count double/triple

5) ( figurer)

compter au nombre de, compter parmi — to be counted among

6)

compter avec — ( faire face) to reckon with [difficultés, concurrence]; ( ne pas oublier) to take [sb/sth] into account [personne, chose]

il doit compter avec les syndicats — he has to reckon with the unions

il faut compter avec l'opinion publique — one must take public opinion into account

7)

compter sans — ( négliger) not to take [sb/sth] into account [personne, chose]

c'était compter sans le brouillard — that was without allowing for the fog

8)

compter sur — ( attendre) to count on [personne, aide]; (dépendre, faire confiance) to rely on [personne, ressource]; ( prévoir) to reckon on [somme, revenu]

vous pouvez compter sur moi, je vais m'en occuper — you can rely ou count on me, I'll see to it

ne compte pas sur moi — (pour venir, participer) count me out

je vais leur dire ce que j'en pense, tu peux compter là- dessus (colloq) or sur moi! — I'll tell them what I think, you can be sure of that!

quand il s'agit de faire des bêtises, on peut compter sur toi! — (colloq) hum trust you to do something silly!

3.

se compter verbe pronominal

leurs victoires se comptent par douzaines — they have had dozens of victories

les faillites dans la région ne se comptent plus — there have been countless bankruptcies in the area

4.

à compter de locution prépositive as from

pendant 12 mois à compter de la date de vente — for 12 months with effect from the date of sale

5.

sans compter que locution conjonctive ( en outre) and what is more; ( d'autant plus que) especially as

* * *

kɔ̃te

1. vt

1) (établir le nombre de) to count

2) (= inclure, dans une liste) to include

sans compter qn — not counting sb

sans compter qch — not counting sth, not including sth

On sera dix-huit, sans compter les enfants. — There'll be eighteen of us, not counting the children.

sans compter que — besides which

3) (= facturer) to charge for

Il n'a pas compté le deuxième café. — He didn't charge us for the second coffee.

4) (= avoir à son actif, comporter) to have

L'institut compte trois prix Nobel. — The institute has three Nobel prizewinners.

5) (prévoir: une certaine quantité, un certain temps) to allow, to reckon on

Il faut compter environ deux heures. — You have to allow about two hours., You have to reckon on about two hours.

6) (= avoir l'intention de)

compter faire qch — to intend to do sth

Je compte bien réussir. — I fully intend to succeed.

Je compte partir début mai. — I intend to leave at the beginning of May.

2. vi

1) (calculer) to count

Il savait compter à l'âge de trois ans. — He could count when he was three years old.

à compter du 10 janvier COMMERCE — from 10 January, as from 10 January

2) (= être non négligeable) to count, to matter

L'honnêteté, ça compte quand même. — Honesty counts after all.

3) (qu'on peut prendre en compte) to count

Ça ne compte pas - il s'est fait aider. — That doesn't count - he had help.

compter pour — to count for

4) (= figurer)

compter parmi — to be among, to rank among

5) (inclure dans ses prévisions)

compter avec qch/qn — to reckon with sth/sb

compter sans qch/qn — to reckon without sth/sb

6)

compter sur [personne] — to count on, to rely on, [aide] to count on

7) (= être économe) to watch every penny, to count the pennies

Pendant longtemps, il a fallu compter. — For a long time we had to watch every penny.

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compter verb table: aimer

A vtr

1 ( dénombrer) to count; compter les jours to count the days; ‘j'ai compté cinq coups à l'horloge’-‘j'en ai compté six’ ‘I counted five strokes of the clock’-‘I counted six’; ‘combien y a-t-il de bouteilles?’-‘j'en compte 24’ ‘how many bottles are there?’-‘I make it 24’; on compte deux millions de chômeurs/3 000 cas de malaria there is a total of two million unemployed/3,000 cases of malaria; une heure après le début de l'attaque on comptait déjà 40 morts an hour after the attack started 40 deaths had already been recorded; on ne compte plus ses victoires he/she has had countless victories; je ne compte plus les lettres anonymes que je reçois I've lost count of the anonymous letters I have received; j'ai compté qu'il y avait 52 fenêtres/500 euros I counted a total of 52 windows/500 euros; as-tu compté combien il reste d'œufs? have you counted how many eggs are left?;

2 ( évaluer) compter une bouteille pour trois to allow a bottle between three people; pour aller à Caen il faut compter cinq heures you must allow five hours to get to Caen; il faut compter environ 100 euros you should reckon on GB ou count on paying about 100 euros; compter large/très large/trop large to allow plenty/more than enough/far too much; j'ai pris une tarte pour huit, je préfère compter large I got a tart for eight, I prefer to be on the safe side;

3 ( faire payer) compter qch à qn to charge sb for sth; il m'a compté la livre à 1,71 euro he charged me 1.71 euros to the pound; il m'a compté 50 euros de déplacement he charged a 50 euro call-out fee;

4 ( inclure) to count; je vous ai compté dans le nombre des participants I've counted you as one of ou among the participants; nous t'avons déjà compté pour le repas de la semaine prochaine we've already counted you (in) for the meal next week; as-tu compté la TVA? have you counted the VAT?; 2 000 euros par mois sans compter les primes 2,000 euros a month not counting bonuses; sans compter les soucis not to mention the worry; j'ai oublié de compter le col et la ceinture quand j'ai acheté le tissu I forgot to allow for the collar and the waistband when I bought the fabric; je le comptais au nombre de mes amis I counted him among my friends ou as a friend; s'il fallait compter le temps que j'y passe if I had to work out how much time I'm spending on it;

5 ( avoir) to have [habitants, chômeurs, alliés]; to have [sth] to one's credit [victoire, succès]; notre club compte des gens célèbres our club has some well-known people among its members; un sportif qui compte de nombreuses victoires à son actif a sportsman who has many victories to his credit; il compte 15 ans de présence dans l'entreprise he has been with the company for 15 years;

6 ( projeter) compter faire to intend to do; ‘comptez-vous y aller?’-‘j'y compte bien’ ‘do you intend to go?’-‘yes, I certainly do’; je compte m'acheter un ordinateur I'm hoping to buy myself a computer;

7 ( s'attendre à) il comptait que je lui prête de l'argent he expected me to lend him some money; ‘je vais t'aider’-‘j'y compte bien’ ‘I'll help you’-‘I should hope so too’;

8 ( donner avec parcimonie) il a toujours compté ses sous he has always watched the pennies; compter jusqu'au moindre centime to count every penny; sans compter [donner, dépenser] freely; se dépenser sans compter pour (la réussite de) qch to put everything one's got into sth.

B vi

1 ( dire les nombres) to count; compter jusqu'à 20 to count up to 20; il ne sait pas compter he can't count; il a trois ans mais il compte déjà bien he's three but he's already good at counting; compter sur ses doigts to count on one's fingers;

2 ( calculer) to count, to add up; il sait très bien compter, il compte très bien he's very good at counting; cela fait 59 non pas 62, tu ne sais pas compter! that makes 59 not 62, you can't count!; compter sur ses doigts to work sums out on one's fingers;

3 ( avoir de l'importance) [avis, diplôme, apparence] to matter (pour qn to sb); ce qui compte c'est qu'ils se sont réconciliés what matters is that they have made it up; c'est l'intention or le geste qui compte it's the thought that counts; 40 ans dans la même entreprise ça compte/ça commence à compter 40 years in the same company, that's quite something/it's beginning to add up; ça compte beaucoup pour moi it means a lot to me; je ne compte pas plus pour elle que son chien I mean no more to her than her dog; compter dans to be a factor in [réussite, échec]; le salaire compte beaucoup dans le choix d'une carrière pay is an important factor in the choice of a career; cela a beaucoup compté dans leur faillite it was a major factor in their bankruptcy; ça fait longtemps que je ne compte plus dans ta vie it's been a long time since I have meant anything to you; il connaît tout ce qui compte dans le milieu du cinéma he knows everybody who is anybody in film circles;

4 ( avoir une valeur) [épreuve, faute] to count; compter double/triple to count double/triple; compter double/triple par rapport à to count for twice/three times as much as; ça ne compte pas, il a triché it doesn't count, he cheated; le dernier exercice ne compte pas dans le calcul de la note the last exercise isn't counted in the calculation of the grade; la lettre ‘y’ compte pour combien? how much is the letter ‘y’ worth?; la lettre ‘z’ compte pour combien de points? how many points is the letter ‘z’ worth?; une faute de grammaire compte pour quatre points four marks are deducted for a grammatical error;

5 ( figurer) compter au nombre de, compter parmi to be counted among;

6 compter avec ( faire face) to reckon with [difficultés, concurrence, belle-mère]; ( ne pas oublier) to take [sb/sth] into account [personne, chose]; ( prévoir) to allow for [retard, supplément]; il doit compter avec les syndicats he has to reckon with the unions; il faut compter avec l'opinion publique one must take public opinion into account; il faut compter avec le brouillard dans cette région you should allow for fog in that area;

7 compter sans ( négliger) to reckon without [risque, gêne]; ( oublier) not to take [sb/sth] into account [personne, chose]; c'était compter sans le brouillard that was without allowing for the fog; j'avais compté sans la TVA I hadn't taken the VAT into account;

8 compter sur ( attendre) to count on [personne, aide]; (dépendre, faire confiance) to rely on [personne, ressource]; ( prévoir) to reckon on [somme, revenu]; vous pouvez compter sur moi, je viendrai you can count on me, I'll be there; tu peux compter sur ma présence you can count on me ou on my being there; vous pouvez compter sur moi, je vais m'en occuper you can rely ou count on me, I'll see to it; ne compte pas sur moi (pour venir, participer) count me out; ne compte pas sur moi pour payer tes dettes/faire la cuisine don't rely on me to pay your debts/do the cooking; ne compte pas sur eux pour le faire don't count on them to do it; le pays peut compter sur des stocks de vivres en provenance de… the country can count on stocks of food supplies coming from…; le pays peut compter sur ses réserves de blé the country can rely on its stock of wheat; je ne peux compter que sur moi-même I can only rely on myself; je leur ferai la commission, compte sur moi I'll give them the message, you can count on me; je vais leur dire ce que j'en pense, tu peux compter là-dessus○ or sur moi! I'll tell them what I think, you can be sure of that!; quand il s'agit de faire des bêtises, on peut compter sur toi○! iron trust you to do something silly!; compter sur la discrétion de qn to rely on sb's discretion; je compte dessus I'm counting ou relying on it.

C se compter vpr leurs victoires se comptent par douzaines they have had dozens of victories; les défections se comptent par milliers there have been thousands of defections; leurs chansons à succès ne se comptent plus they've had countless hits; les faillites dans la région ne se comptent plus there have been countless bankruptcies in the area.

D à compter de loc prép as from; réparations gratuites pendant 12 mois à compter de la date de vente free repairs for 12 months with effect from the date of sale.

E sans compter que loc conj ( en outre) and what is more; ( d'autant plus que) especially as; c'est dangereux sans compter que ça pollue it's dangerous and what's more it causes pollution.

Idiome

compte là-dessus et bois de l'eau fraîche○ that'll be the day.

[kɔ̃te] verbe transitif

1. [dénombrer - objets, argent, personnes] to count

on ne compte plus ses bévues we've lost count of his mistakes

on ne compte plus ses crimes she has committed countless ou innumerable crimes

j'ai compté qu'il restait 200 euros dans la caisse according to my reckoning there are 200 euros left in the till

compter les heures/jours [d'impatience] to be counting the hours/days

il m'a compté absent/présent (familier) he marked me (down as) absent/present

compter les points (sens propre & figuré) to keep score

on peut les compter sur les doigts de la main you can count them of the fingers of one hand

on peut lui compter les côtes he's as thin as a rake

2. [limiter] to count (out)

le temps lui est compté

a. [il va mourir] his days are numbered

b. [pour accomplir quelque chose] he's running out of time

ses jours sont comptés his days are numbered

il ne comptait pas sa peine/ses efforts he spared no pains/effort

tu es toujours à compter tes sous! you're always counting your pennies!

3. [faire payer] to charge for

nous ne vous compterons pas la pièce détachée we won't charge you ou there'll be no charge for the spare part

le serveur nous a compté deux euros de trop the waiter has overcharged us by two euros, the waiter has charged us 15 francs too much

4. [payer, verser] to pay

il m'a compté deux jours à 90 euros he paid me (for) two days at 90 euros

5. [inclure] to count (in), to include

dans le total nous n'avons pas compté le vin wine has not been included in the overall figure

6. [classer - dans une catégorie]

compter quelque chose/quelqu'un parmi to count something/somebody among, to number something/somebody among

7. [prendre en considération] to take into account, to take account of

et je ne compte pas la fatigue! and that's without mentioning the effort!

compter quelqu'un/quelque chose pour: nous devons compter sa contribution pour quelque chose we must take some account of her contribution

8. [avoir - membres, habitants] to have

nous sommes heureux de vous compter parmi nous ce soir we're happy to have ou to welcome you among us tonight

il compte beaucoup d'artistes au nombre de ou parmi ses amis he numbers many artists among his friends

elle compte déjà cinq victoires dans des grands tournois she's already won five big tournaments

9. [s'attendre à] to expect

je compte recevoir les résultats cette semaine I'm expecting the results this week

10. [avoir l'intention de] to intend

compter faire quelque chose to intend to do something, to mean to do something, to plan to do something

11. [prévoir] to allow

il faut compter entre 14 et 20 euros pour un repas you have to allow between 14 and 20 euros for a meal

je compte qu'il y a un bon quart d'heure de marche/une journée de travail I reckon there's a good quarter of an hour's walk/there's a day's work

(en usage absolu)

compter juste to skimp

compter large to be generous

il faudra deux heures pour y aller, en comptant large it will take two hours to get there, at the most

12. SPORT [boxeur] to count out (separable)

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[kɔ̃te] verbe intransitif

1. [calculer] to count, to add up

compter jusqu'à 10 to count (up) to 10

compter sur ses doigts to count on one's fingers

compter avec une calculette to add up with a calculator

si je compte bien, tu me dois 345 francs if I've counted right ou according to my calculations, you owe me 345 francs

tu as dû mal compter you must have got your calculations wrong, you must have miscalculated

2. [limiter ses dépenses] to be careful (with money)

3. [importer] to count, to matter

ce qui compte, c'est ta santé/le résultat the important thing is your health/the end result

40 ans d'ancienneté, ça compte! 40 years' service counts for something!

une des personnes qui ont le plus compté dans ma vie one of the most important people in my life

tu comptes beaucoup pour moi you mean a lot to me

je prendrai ma décision seule! — alors moi, je ne compte pas? I'll make my own decision! — so I don't count ou matter, then?

tu as triché, ça ne compte pas you cheated, it doesn't count

à l'examen, la philosophie ne compte presque pas philosophy is a very minor subject in the exam

compter double/triple to count double/triple

compter pour quelque chose/rien to count for something/nothing

quand il est invité à dîner, il compte pour trois! when he's invited to dinner he eats enough for three!

compter pour du beurre (familier) to count for nothing

4. [figurer]

compter parmi to rank with, to be numbered among

elle compte parmi les plus grands pianistes de sa génération she is one of the greatest pianists of her generation

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compter avec verbe plus préposition

to reckon with

désormais, il faudra compter avec l'opposition from now on, the opposition will have to be reckoned with

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compter sans verbe plus préposition

to fail to take into account, to fail to allow for

il avait compté sans la rapidité de Jones he had failed to take Jones' speed into account

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compter sur verbe plus préposition

[faire confiance à] to count ou to rely ou to depend on (inseparable)

[espérer - venue, collaboration, événement] to count on (inseparable)

c'est quelqu'un sur qui tu peux compter he's/she's a reliable person

ne compte pas trop sur la chance don't count ou rely too much on luck

je vous le rendrai — j'y compte bien! I'll give it back to you — I should hope so!

je peux sortir demain soir? — n'y compte pas! can I go out tomorrow night? — don't count ou bank on it!

il ne faut pas trop y compter don't count on it, I wouldn't count on it

compter sur quelqu'un/quelque chose pour: compte sur lui pour aller tout répéter au patron! you can rely on him to go and tell the boss everything!

si c'est pour lui jouer un mauvais tour, ne comptez pas sur moi! if you want to play a dirty trick on him, you can count me out!

compte là-dessus (et bois de l'eau fraîche)! (familier & ironique) you must be joking!, dream on!

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se compter verbe pronominal

(emploi passif) to be counted

les détournements de fonds se comptent par dizaines there have been dozens of cases of embezzlement

ses succès ne se comptent plus her successes are innumerable ou are past counting

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se compter verbe pronominal (emploi réfléchi)

1. [s'estimer] to count ou to consider oneself

je ne me compte pas parmi les plus malheureux I count myself as one of the luckier ones

2. [s'inclure dans un calcul] to count ou to include oneself

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à compter de locution prépositionnelle

as from ou of

à compter du 7 mai as from ou of May 7th

à compter de ce jour, nous ne nous sommes plus revus from that day on, we never saw each other again

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en comptant locution prépositionnelle

including

il faut deux mètres de tissu en comptant l'ourlet you need two metres of material including ou if you include the hem

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sans compter locution adverbiale

[généralementéreusement]

donner sans compter to give generously ou without counting the cost

se dépenser sans compter to spare no effort

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sans compter locution prépositionnelle

[sans inclure] not counting

[sans parler de] to say nothing of, not to mention

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sans compter que locution conjonctive

quite apart from the fact that

il est trop tôt pour aller dormir, sans compter que je n'ai pas du tout sommeil it's too early to go to bed, quite apart from the fact that I'm not at all sleepy

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tout bien compté locution adverbiale

all things considered, all in all