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2 to procure an order
English-russian dctionary of contemporary Economics > to procure an order
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3 order
1. n1) порядок, последовательность2) исправность, хорошее состояние4) приказ, распоряжение; предписание5) ордер; разрешение6) заказ; требование (заявка)
- additional order
- adjudication order
- administration order
- administrative order
- advance order
- advertising order
- all-or-none order
- alternative order
- back order
- backlog order
- banker's order
- banker's standing order
- bank money order
- bank payment order
- big order
- blanket order
- board order
- buy order
- buying order
- cable order
- cash order
- cease-and-desist order
- chartering order
- circular order
- collection order
- collective order
- combination order
- company order
- company work orders
- completed collection order
- conditional order
- confiscation order
- construction order
- contingent order
- covering order
- credit order
- cyclic order
- day order
- delivery order
- departmental order
- depositor's order
- disclosure order
- discretionary order
- dispatch order
- economic order
- either-or order
- established order
- export order
- express order
- express money order
- factory order
- fill-or-kill order
- firm order
- follow-up orders
- foreign order
- forwarding order
- formal order
- fresh order
- garnishee order
- general order
- global economic order
- good this month order
- good till cancelled order
- good working order
- government order
- heavy order
- import order
- incoming orders
- individual order
- initial order
- insolvency order
- interim order
- international money order
- job order
- large order
- limit order
- limit price order
- loading order
- mail order
- market order
- market-if-touched order
- market-on-close order
- matched orders
- minimum order
- money order
- month order
- mortgage registry order
- negotiable order of withdrawals
- new orders
- New International Economic Order
- no-limit order
- nonrepeat order
- nontransferable order
- normal order
- numerical order
- odd-lot order
- off-floor order
- official order
- offshore orders
- omnibus order
- on-floor order
- open order
- original order
- outstanding order
- payment order
- perpetual order
- pilot order
- placed order
- positive orders
- postal order
- postal money order
- preliminary order
- pressing order
- priority order
- production order
- proforma order
- publicity order
- purchase order
- purchasing order
- rated order
- repair order
- receiving order
- regular order
- remittance order
- repair order
- replenishment order
- repeat order
- resting order
- reverse order
- revocable order
- round-lot order
- rush order
- sample order
- sampling order
- scale order
- schedule order
- second order
- selling order
- sell-stop order
- sequence order
- service order
- shipping order
- shop order
- single order
- single-component order
- special order
- split order
- spread order
- standard order
- standing order
- state order
- stock order
- stock exchange order
- stop order
- stop limit order
- stop loss order
- stop payment order
- strict order
- substantial order
- supplementary order
- supporting order
- suspended market order
- swap order
- tall order
- tentative order
- time order
- transfer order
- transhipment delivery order
- transportation order
- trial order
- unfilled order
- unfulfilled order
- unlimited order
- urgent order
- valuable order
- vesting order
- warehouse order
- warehouse-keeper's order
- week order
- withdrawal order
- work order
- working order
- written order
- order for account
- order for collection
- order for designing
- order for development
- order for equipment
- order for goods
- order for payment
- order for remittance
- order for sample
- order for samples
- order for settlement
- order for transfer
- order for work
- order from abroad
- order of appeal
- order of attachment
- order of consideration
- order of the court
- order of day
- order of distribution
- order of events
- order of examination
- order of payments
- order of priority
- order of proceedings
- order of registration
- order of succession
- order of transfer
- order of utilization of funds
- order of work
- order on a competition basis
- orders on hand
- order on sample
- order to buy
- order to deliver
- order to pay
- order to purchase
- order to sell
- according to order
- against order
- by order
- in order
- in order of priority
- in chronological order
- in consecutive order
- in good order and condition
- in running order
- in short order
- in the inverse order
- in working order
- in order of priority
- of the order of
- on order
- out of order
- order
- order of the buyer
- order of the seller
- own order
- under order
- until further orders
- with order
- made to order
- accept an order
- acknowledge an order
- alter an order
- attend to an order
- award an order
- be in order
- book an order
- call off an order
- cancel an order
- carry out an order
- collect orders
- complete an order
- confirm an order
- countermand an order
- discharge an order
- dispatch an order
- draw up an order
- establish order
- execute an order
- file an order
- fill an order
- fulfil an order
- get an order
- give an order
- handle large orders
- have an order
- have smth on order
- honour with an order
- issue an order
- keep order
- lag behind incoming orders
- lose an order
- maintain order
- maintain in good order
- make out an order
- make to order
- meet orders
- observe the established order
- obtain an order
- pass on an order
- pay by banker's order
- pay for an order
- pay to the order of
- place an order
- place orders electronically
- pool orders
- procure an order
- put in order
- receive an order
- reconsider an order
- relay an order
- renew an order
- repeat an order
- revise an order
- revoke an order
- rush an order
- secure an order
- send an order
- solicit orders
- stick to the order
- subcontract an order
- suspend an order
- take an order
- transmit an order
- withdraw an order2. v1) приказывать; распоряжаться2) заказывать -
4 secure
1. a спокойный, не знающий тревог; безмятежный2. a уверенный, убеждённый3. a твёрдый, несомненный; непоколебимый; стойкий4. a безопасный, надёжно защищённыйa port secure from every wind — порт, укрытый от всех ветров
5. a воен. обеспеченный6. a надёжный, прочныйthe building was secure, even in an earthquake — дом уцелел даже во время землетрясения
7. a находящийся под надёжной охраной или в сохранном месте8. a свободный от сомнений; уверенно ожидающий9. v обеспечивать безопасность, надёжно защищать, охранятьsecure an order — обеспечивать заказ; получить заказ
10. v воен. обеспечивать, прикрывать11. v спорт. страховать12. v защищать, обносить стеной, укреплять13. v укреплять14. v гарантировать15. v закреплять, скреплять; прикреплять16. v запирать, замыкать17. v запирать и опечатывать; перекрывать18. v получать, приобретать, доставать19. v добиваться, достигать20. v воен. захватывать21. v юр. обеспечивать долг22. v юр. предоставлять обеспечение23. v юр. брать под стражу, держать под стражей; заключать в тюрьму24. v юр. связыватьto secure a prisoner — связать арестованного, надеть на арестованного наручники
25. v юр. редк. держать, хранить в надёжном местеСинонимический ряд:1. confident (adj.) assured; carefree; certain; confident; easy; guaranteed; hopeful; positive; sanguine; self-assured; self-confident; self-possessed; undoubtful2. reliable (adj.) dependable; reliable; tried; tried and true; trustworthy; trusty3. safe (adj.) bound; fastened; fixed; guarded; protected; riskless; safe; set4. sure (adj.) fast; firm; solid; sound; stable; staunch; strong; sturdy; sure; tenacious; tight5. catch (verb) bag; capture; catch; collar; nail; net; prehend; take6. effect (verb) bring about; cause; draw on; effect; make; produce7. fasten (verb) adjust; affix; anchor; attach; bind; clinch; clip; close; connect; couple; fasten; fix; knot; lock; moor; padlock; tie; tie up; tighten8. get (verb) achieve; acquire; annex; chalk up; come by; compass; gain; get; grasp; have; land; obtain; pick up; procure; pull; receive; win9. protect (verb) assure; bulwark; cinch; cover; defend; ensure; fend; guarantee; guard; insure; pledge; protect; safeguard; screen; shelter; shield; verify; warrantАнтонимический ряд:detach; insecure; loose; lose; unloose; unsafe; unstable; unsure -
5 (to) force fluids
фраз. гл.1) техн. нагнетать, заставлять двигаться вthe production of a partial vacuum by the removal of air in order to force fluid into a vacant space or procure adhesion
2) мед. давать обильное питьёSet up for shock and force fluids or give an intravenous (IV). — Приготовьтесь к шоку и дайте обильное питьё или сделайте внутривенный укол.
Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > (to) force fluids
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6 (to) force fluids
фраз. гл.1) техн. нагнетать, заставлять двигаться вthe production of a partial vacuum by the removal of air in order to force fluid into a vacant space or procure adhesion
2) мед. давать обильное питьёSet up for shock and force fluids or give an intravenous (IV). — Приготовьтесь к шоку и дайте обильное питьё или сделайте внутривенный укол.
Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > (to) force fluids
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7 election
n1) выборы2) избрание•to accept an election — соглашаться с избранием; принимать избрание
to be well placed to win the next general election — занимать хорошие позиции для того, чтобы победить на следующих всеобщих выборах
to bode ill for next year's election — служить плохим предзнаменованием для выборов, которые состоятся на будущий год
to bring the election forward — приближать дату проведения выборов; проводить выборы досрочно
to call an election — назначать / объявлять выборы
to call off / to cancel election — отменять выборы
to carry out one's election pledges — выполнять предвыборные обещания
to congratulate smb on his / her election — поздравлять кого-л. с избранием
to defend the strongly contested results of the election — защищать активно оспариваемые результаты выборов
to disqualify smb from taking part in the general election — лишать кого-л. права участвовать во всеобщих выборах
to give a guarded welcome to smb's election — сдержанно приветствовать чье-л. избрание
to go ahead with the election — принимать решение о проведении выборов (несмотря на что-л.)
to hold election under one's own terms — проводить выборы на своих условиях
to lead the government into the next general election — руководить правительством до следующих всеобщих выборов
to lose an election by a margin of the five seats — проигрывать выборы, получив на пять мест меньше соперника
to nominate smb for election — выдвигать чью-л. кандидатуру
to schedule election for January — намечать / планировать выборы на январь
to seek a second term in the presidential election — добиваться переизбрания на второй срок на президентских выборах
to stand against a party in election — выступать против какой-л. партии на выборах
to stand for election — баллотироваться на выборах, выставлять свою кандидатуру
- aftermath of an electionto trail far behind in the election — намного отставать от кого-л. на выборах
- alleged irregularities during the election
- all-out election
- all-race election
- annulment of the election
- apartheid election
- assessment of the election outcome
- bitterly contested election
- bread-and-butter election
- call for free election
- cancellation of the election
- cantonal election
- close election
- comfortable election
- coming election
- competitive election
- conclusion of the election
- Congressional election
- consequences of the election
- contested election
- contribution to the election
- controversial election
- council election
- counting continued in local government election
- crucial election
- defeat at an election
- deferment of election
- democratic election
- direct election for the presidency
- disputed election
- disruption of election
- early election
- election by proportional representation
- election comes amid increasing tension
- election goes into a second round
- election has continued into its second unscheduled day
- election has entered its final stages
- election held several months ahead of schedule
- election is far from straightforward
- election on a factory and enterprise basis
- election on a population basis
- election saw violence
- election seems to be in the bag for smb
- election was a farce
- election was a neck and neck race
- election was conducted peacefully
- election was successful
- election will be about deciding...
- election will go ahead as scheduled
- election will result in a victory for...
- elections are a day away
- elections are being held throughout the country
- elections are due
- elections to an assembly
- Euro-election
- fair election
- federal election
- fiercely fought election
- forthcoming election
- free election
- full election
- general election
- genuine election
- gubernatorial election
- hell-bent for election
- his election is already assured
- honest election
- if the next election goes against them
- illegitimate election
- impending election
- inconclusive election
- issue in the election
- leadership election
- legislative election
- local council election
- local election
- local government election
- low turnout for the election
- mayoral election
- midterm election
- mock election
- multiracial election
- national election
- national legislative election
- new-style election
- nonracial election
- nullification of the election
- off-year election
- open election
- orderly conduct of an election
- outcome of the election
- outright winner in an election
- parliamentary election
- party eligible to stand in the election
- party's poor showing in the election
- popular election
- presidential election
- pre-term election
- prompt election
- provincial election
- racially segregated election
- rehearsal for a general election
- re-run of election
- rigged election
- rigged-up election
- rigging of election
- right to vote in the election
- run-off election
- run-up to the election
- semi-free election
- sham election
- smb is well on course to win the general election
- special election
- staged election
- statute of election
- stealing of election
- strong showing in an election
- tainted election
- that could lose them the election
- the first round of election has ended inconclusively
- the scene is set for presidential election
- there is no clear outcome of the election
- this side of the general election
- tough election
- two-stage election
- unofficial results in the election
- upcoming election
- valid election
- war-torn election
- watershed election
- winning the election was the easy bit
- with the election looking in the country
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8 material
n1) материал, вещество2) данные, факты, материал
- advertising material
- advertising and display material
- artificial material
- auxiliary material
- available material
- base material
- basic material
- building material
- bulk materials
- census material
- cheap material
- classified material
- commercial material
- competitive material
- construction material
- consumable material
- contaminating materials
- copyright material
- covering material
- critical material
- crude material
- customer's material
- dangerous materials
- defective material
- defence materials
- deficient raw materials
- descriptive material
- direct materials
- documentary material
- domestic raw materials
- durable material
- educational material
- expendable material
- experimental material
- fabricated materials
- faulty material
- finishing material
- first-grade material
- granular material
- high grade material
- high-quality material
- illustrated materials
- illustrative materials
- imported raw materials
- improper material
- indirect materials
- information material
- initial material
- inventory materials
- key materials
- key raw materials
- less costly material
- local material
- low-grade material
- manmade materials
- mined materials
- mineral raw materials
- nonproductive materials
- nonstandard material
- operational materials
- original material
- original raw materials
- packaging materials
- packing materials
- plastic materials
- primary material
- printed material
- production materials
- productive material
- promotional material
- protective material
- publicity material
- raw materials
- rejected material
- scarce material
- secondary raw materials
- selected materials
- source material
- standard material
- statistical material
- strategic material
- strategic raw materials
- structural materials
- substandard material
- superior material
- supporting material
- surplus material
- unfit material
- unused material
- used material
- useless material
- vegetable raw materials
- war materials
- waterproof material
- material for official use
- material in short supply
- materials on hand
- materials on order
- check material
- choose material
- circulate materials
- deliver material
- distribute materials
- economize material
- economize on material
- employ material
- examine material
- furnish materials
- inspect material
- obtain material
- present material
- process material
- procure material
- provide material
- reject material
- require material
- save material
- save on material
- select material
- send out materials
- store material
- supply material
- use materialEnglish-russian dctionary of contemporary Economics > material
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9 buy
1. n разг. покупка, сделка2. v покупать, купить3. v покупать, приобретатьthe victory was dearly bought — победа досталась дорогой ценой, за эту победу дорого заплатили
buy in — покупать, выкупать на аукционе
4. v сл. нанять5. v подкупать, давать взяткуwill you buy it? — согласны?, идёт?, по рукам?
6. v сл. добиться, достичь7. v уст. искупатьto buy a pup — быть одураченным;
Синонимический ряд:1. bargain (noun) bargain; closeout; deal; pennyworth; steal; value2. purchase (noun) commodity; purchase3. bribe (verb) bribe; buy off; corrupt; fix; have; hire; influence; pay off; sop; square; suborn; tamper with4. purchase (verb) acquire; get; market; pay for; pick up; procure; purchase; shop for; take5. ransom (verb) ransom; redeemАнтонимический ряд:gyp; sell -
10 have
1. n имущиеthe haves and have-nots — богатые и бедные; имущие и неимущие
2. n разг. обман, надувательство3. v иметьall I have — всё, что у меня есть
I have no words to express … — у меня не хватает слов, чтобы выразить …
I had my work to do — мне надо было сделать работу; у меня ещё была работа
4. v обладать, иметь5. v состоять из; иметь в качестве составной или неотъемлемой частиto have the duty — нести вахту, стоять на часах
to have the say-so — иметь власть, распоряжаться
6. v получатьthey had no news of him — они не получали о нём известий, они ничего не слышали о нём
7. v приобретать8. v узнавать9. v добиваться10. v зарабатывать11. v находиться; иметьсяto have good health — быть здоровым, иметь крепкое здоровье
12. v происходить, случаться13. v знать; уметьhave you no manner? — вы что, не умеете вести себя?
14. v разг. усваивать, понимать; найти решениеhave you decided? — вы приняли решение?; вы решились на что-нибудь?
15. v взять в жёны или мужьяto have a nose for news — умение выведать всё, что случилось
to have the world before one — иметь перед собой всю жизнь;
have you got all you require? — у вас есть всё, что нужно ?
16. v приниматьto have a bath — принимать ванну; мыться, купаться
17. v взять, принятьto have the best of it — взять верх, победить, одолеть
18. v разг. одолеть, взять верх, победитьrather, we have won — наоборот, мы победили
to have the victory — одержать победу, победить
to have the upper hand — одержать верх, одолеть, выиграть
19. v разг. обмануть, обойти, перехитритьI am afraid you have been done — боюсь, что вас обманули
Синонимический ряд:1. bear (verb) bear; beget; bring forth; deliver; possess2. bribe (verb) bribe; buy; buy off; fix; sop; square; tamper with3. carry (verb) carry; display; exhibit4. command (verb) boast; command5. engage (verb) carry on; engage; indulge; partake; participate6. fool (verb) beguile; betray; bluff; deceive; delude; dupe; fool; humbug; mislead; trick7. get (verb) acquire; annex; chalk up; compass; gain; get; land; obtain; pick up; procure; pull; receive; secure; take; win8. give (verb) give; hold; organize; stage9. include (verb) comprise; consist of; contain; embody; embrace; encompass; include; involve; subsume; take in10. know (verb) appreciate; apprehend; cognize; comprehend; fathom; grasp; know; understand11. let (verb) allow; leave; let; permit; suffer12. must (verb) must; need; ought; should13. outwit (verb) outfox; outgeneral; outjockey; outmaneuver; outreach; outslick; outsmart; outthink; outwit; overreach; undo14. own (verb) enjoy; occupy; own; possess; retain15. see (verb) endure; experience; feel; go through; meet with; see; sustain; taste; undergo16. state (verb) assert; asseverate; aver; maintain; state; testifyАнтонимический ряд:cancel; covet; desire; discard; exclude; forego; lack; lose; miss; need; reject; want -
11 make
1. n форма, конструкция; модель, фасон2. n марка, тип, сортmake file — файл типа "make"
3. n производство, работа; изготовление4. n изготовленное или добытое количество; продукция; выработкаto make hay — заготовлять, косить или сушить сено
5. n конституция, сложение6. n склад7. n эл. замыкание цепиat make — включённый, замкнутый
8. n карт. объявление9. n карт. тасование10. n воен. жарг. повышение в чине; новое назначение11. v делать; изготовлять, производитьthis Publishing House makes good books — это издательство выпускает хорошие книги; это издательство хорошо выпускает книги
a suit made to order — костюм, сшитый на заказ
12. v составлять, делать, подготавливатьto make a note — сделать заметку, записать
to make notes — вести записи, записывать, конспектировать
make believe — делать вид, притворяться
13. v создавать, творить14. v совершать, делатьto make a motion — сделать знак, поманить
15. v образовывать; формироватьI made him what he is — я сделал его таким, какой он есть
16. v редк. тренировать, учить17. v считать, полагатьwhat do you make of this film? — как вы находите этот фильм?, что вы думаете об этом фильме?
what distance do you make it from here to the village? — как вы считаете, сколько отсюда до деревни?
I make it five miles — по-моему, пять миль
how large do you make this crowd? — сколько, по-вашему, здесь народу?, как вы думаете, сколько здесь народу?
what time do you make it? — сколько, по-вашему, сейчас времени?; сколько на ваших часах?
18. v сл. украсть19. v сл. сожительствоватьСинонимический ряд:1. brand (noun) brand; build; constitution; construction; form; shape; structure; style; trade name2. disposition (noun) character; disposition; makeup; make-up; nature3. output (noun) output; produce; product; production; quantity made4. achieve (verb) achieve; arrive5. be (verb) be; equal6. cause (verb) cause; coerce; compel; concuss; constrain; force; induce; oblige; pressure; shotgun; start7. change (verb) change; convert; transform; turn8. clear (verb) clean up; clear; collect; gain; net9. conceive (verb) conceive; devise10. constitute (verb) compose; comprise; constitute; form; make up11. designate (verb) appoint; designate; finger; name; nominate; tap12. draft (verb) draft; draw up; formulate; frame13. earn (verb) acquire; bring in; draw down; earn; knock down; obtain; procure; pull down; win14. effect (verb) bring about; draw on; effect; effectuate; engender; lead to; produce; result in; secure15. establish (verb) enact; establish; legislate16. estimate (verb) estimate; gauge; judge; reckon17. father (verb) create; father; generate; hatch; originate; parent; procreate; sire; spawn18. head (verb) bear; head; light out; set out; strike out; take off19. infer (verb) conclude; deduce; deduct; derive; draw; gather; infer; make out20. pass (verb) cover; pass; traverse21. perform (verb) accomplish; act; do; execute; perform; practice22. prepare (verb) fit; fix; get; prepare; ready23. prompt (verb) give rise to; occasion; prompt24. run (verb) extend; go; reach; run; stretch25. shape (verb) assemble; build; construct; erect; fabricate; fashion; forge; manufacture; mold; mould; put together; shapeАнтонимический ряд:abolish; annihilate; batter; break; crack; damage; deface; defeat; deform; demolish; destroy; disintegrate; dismantle; dismember; distort; lose; persuade -
12 Procurement FA (PRC)
- ФНД «Закупки»
ФНД «Закупки»
Задача ФНД «Закупки» во время проведения Игр заключается в том, чтобы обеспечить функции товарами и услугами, требующимися во время проведения Игр, а также обеспечить быструю поставку позиций, требующихся в срочном порядке, путем оперативного поиска надежных поставщиков для успешной организации инновационных и соответствующих требованиям устойчивого развития Игр.
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Procurement FA (PRC)
Procurement Games-time mission is to provide FAs with goods and services needed exactly at the Games time and to procure contingency points of purchase by prompt selection of reliable supplier in order to deliver successful innovative and sustainable Games.
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