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61 debtor
débiteur(trice) m, fACCOUNTANCY debtor account compte m débiteur;ECONOMICS debtor country pays m débiteur;ECONOMICS debtor nation pays débiteur;ACCOUNTANCY debtors' turnover rotation f des clientsNow, of course, the United States is in no position to repeat its midcentury largesse. America has become a debtor nation and provides stimulus to the global economy by going deeper into debt as it buys goods from others. And the United States, like other debtors, is beginning to express its enmity toward those from whom it borrows to buy.
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62 deskill
déqualifierSoftware has already made it easy for managers to do their own admin, and artificial intelligence promises to take over tasks much further up the value chain, eventually replacing large numbers of managerial and professional jobs while deskilling many others.
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63 laddered portfolio
A laddered portfolio of individual bonds has an additional advantage: If you need to sell some of them to raise cash at a time when the bond market is slumping, you can select the more profitable ones for sale and hold the others to maturity. When redeeming bond fund shares, you may be forced to swallow a capital loss if the market is against you.
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64 outsell
(of goods) se vendre mieux que; (of retailer) vendre plus que;∎ the brand of cigarettes that outsells all the others la marque de cigarettes la plus vendue -
65 punter
(a) (customer) client(e) m, fThere are few better times to buy a mobile phone than at Christmas. The phone networks and stores always make it a season to be jolly by offering all kinds of deals and promotions. Some entice buyers with extra talk minutes or free text messages. Others are a little less subtle and encourage punters to part with their cash in exchange for free games, watches or entry to big money competitions.
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66 rig
1 nounto rig the market manipuler le marchéOthers, including European ministers and central bankers, charge that the Arabs and their pals in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) cartel are the spoilsports, accusing them of rigging the market and of demanding too much for their product.
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67 scorched earth policy
(against hostile takeover situation) politique f de la terre brûléeDeutsche Börse is believed to be seeking to exercise a penalty clause in the planned iX merger deal which collapsed in September … Financial market sources said Deutsche Börse's claim was unwise and was likely to kill off any co-operation between the two exchanges. Others accused the Deutsche Börse of pursuing a scorched earth policy which could put off other potential partners.
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68 antisocial
[ænti'səuʃəl]1) (against the welfare of the community etc: It is antisocial to drop rubbish in the street.) antisocial2) (not wanting the company of others: Since his wife died, he has become more and more antisocial.) sauvage -
69 aristocracy
[ærə'stokrəsi](in some countries, the nobility and others of the highest social class, who usually own land.) aristocratie- aristocratic - aristocratically -
70 back
[bæk] 1. noun1) (in man, the part of the body from the neck to the bottom of the spine: She lay on her back.) dos2) (in animals, the upper part of the body: She put the saddle on the horse's back.) dos3) (that part of anything opposite to or furthest from the front: the back of the house; She sat at the back of the hall.) arrière4) (in football, hockey etc a player who plays behind the forwards.) arrière2. adjective(of or at the back: the back door.) de derrière3. adverb1) (to, or at, the place or person from which a person or thing came: I went back to the shop; He gave the car back to its owner.) de retour2) (away (from something); not near (something): Move back! Let the ambulance get to the injured man; Keep back from me or I'll hit you!) en arrière3) (towards the back (of something): Sit back in your chair.) en arrière4) (in return; in response to: When the teacher is scolding you, don't answer back.) en retour5) (to, or in, the past: Think back to your childhood.) en arrière4. verb1) (to (cause to) move backwards: He backed (his car) out of the garage.) faire marche arrière2) (to help or support: Will you back me against the others?) soutenir3) (to bet or gamble on: I backed your horse to win.) miser sur•- backer- backbite - backbiting - backbone - backbreaking - backdate - backfire - background - backhand 5. adverb(using backhand: She played the stroke backhand; She writes backhand.) en revers, penché à gauche- backlog- back-number - backpack - backpacking: go backpacking - backpacker - backside - backslash - backstroke - backup - backwash - backwater - backyard - back down - back of - back on to - back out - back up - have one's back to the wall - put someone's back up - take a back seat -
71 bead
[bi:d](a little ball of glass etc strung with others in a necklace etc: She's wearing two strings of wooden beads.) perle- beady -
72 beast/bird of prey
(an animal, eg the lion, or a bird, eg the eagle, that kills and eats others.) prédateur/oiseau de proie -
73 bossy
adjective (liking to order others about.) autoritaire -
74 broad-minded
adjective (ready to allow others to think or act as they choose without criticizing them: a broad-minded headmaster.) large d'esprit -
75 broker
['brəukə](a person employed to buy and sell (especially shares etc) for others: an insurance broker; a stockbroker.) courtier -
76 butt
I verb(to strike (someone or something) with the head: He fell over when the goat butted him.) donner un coup de tête à/dans- butt inII 1. noun(someone whom others criticize or tell jokes about: She's the butt of all his jokes.) cible2. noun1) (the thick and heavy end (especially of a rifle).) crosse2) (the end of a finished cigar, cigarette etc: His cigarette butt was the cause of the fire.) mégot3) ((slang) a person's bottom: Come on, get off your butt - we have work to do.) -
77 cannibal
['kænibəl]1) (a person who eats human flesh.) cannibale2) (an animal etc which eats others of its own species.) cannibal•- cannibalistic -
78 champion
[' æmpiən] 1. noun1) (in games, competitions etc, a competitor who has defeated all others: this year's golf champion; ( also adjective) a champion boxer.) champion/-onne2) (a person who defends a cause: a champion of human rights.) champion/-onne2. verb(to defend or support: He championed the cause of human rights for many years.) se faire le champion de -
79 character
['kærəktə] 1. noun1) (the set of qualities that make someone or something different from others; type: You can tell a man's character from his handwriting; Publicity of this character is not good for the firm.) caractère; genre2) (a set of qualities that are considered admirable in some way: He showed great character in dealing with the danger.) caractère3) (reputation: They tried to damage his character.) réputation4) (a person in a play, novel etc: Rosencrantz is a minor character in Shakespeare's `Hamlet'.) personnage5) (an odd or amusing person: This fellow's quite a character!) numéro6) (a letter used in typing etc: Some characters on this typewriter are broken.) caractère•2. noun(a typical quality: It is one of his characteristics to be obstinate.) caractéristique- characterize - characterise - characterization - characterisation -
80 clique
[kli:k](a group of people who are friendly with each other but exclude others: the golf-club clique.) clique- cliquey- cliquy - cliquish
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