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décroissant(e); (price, quality, value) en baisseACCOUNTANCY diminishing balance (method) amortissement m linéaire;ECONOMICS diminishing marginal product produit m marginal décroissant;ECONOMICS diminishing returns rendements m pl décroissants;∎ law of diminishing returns loi f des rendements décroissantsNorman Price, one of the industrialists seconded to the DTI's future and innovation unit, which carried out the survey, said there was a danger that companies invested in their established businesses at the expense of new activities. Increased capital investment in mature business might bring productivity improvements, but such investment was subject to the law of diminishing returns.
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∎ to have a low/high margin avoir une faible/forte marge;∎ the margins are very tight les marges sont très réduitesmargin of error marge d'erreur;margin of fluctuation (of a currency) marge de fluctuation;margin of interest marge d'intérêt(b) STOCK EXCHANGE marge f de garantie, acompte mmargin call appel m de couverture ou de marge ou de garantie;margin dealing (method) cotation f par appel de marge; (high-geared) arbitrage m à la marge ou marginal; (transactions) arbitrage sur dépôt de titres de garantie;margin default défaut m de couverture;margin requirement couverture f obligatoireCompetition in most low- and middle-price lines currently comes from places little expected -- China and Germany -- where private labeling is being used to crack American markets. In fact, competitors in Black & Decker's consumer lines are suffering from 1%/year price deflation. Low margins also are presenting difficulties in building and protecting brands.
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margin ['mɑ:dʒɪn]∎ written in the margin écrit dans la ou en marge∎ a margin of error/of safety une marge d'erreur/de sécurité(c) (distance, gap) marge f;∎ the opposition candidate won by a 10 percent margin le candidat de l'opposition a gagné avec une marge de 10 pour cent;∎ to beat sb by a margin of twenty seconds battre qn de vingt secondes;∎ they won by a narrow/wide margin ils ont gagné de justesse/avec une marge confortable(d) Commerce, Finance & Marketing (profit) marge f; Stock Exchange acompte m (versé à un courtier), marge f de garantie;∎ to have a low/high margin avoir une faible/forte marge;∎ we make a 10 percent margin nous faisons 10 pour cent de marge;∎ they want more margin ils veulent augmenter leur marge bénéficiaire;∎ the margins are very tight les marges sont très réduites►► Stock Exchange margin call appel m de couverture ou de marge ou de garantie;Stock Exchange margin dealing (method of dealing commodities or financial futures) cotation f par appel de marge; (high-gear dealing) arbitrage m à la marge ou marginal; (transactions on margin of loan) arbitrage m sur dépôt de titres de garantie;Stock Exchange margin default défaut m de couverture;Finance margin of fluctuation (of a currency) marge f de fluctation;Finance margin of interest marge f d'intérêt;Typography margin release déclenche-marge m inv;Stock Exchange margin requirement niveau m de dépôt requis, couverture f (boursière) obligatoire;Typography margin setting marge f; (action) pose f de marges;Typography margin stop margeur m
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