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dépenses f plspending cuts réductions f pl des dépenses;spending limit plafond m budgétaire;spending money argent m de poche;ECONOMICS spending power pouvoir m d'achat -
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A n1 ( maximum extent) limite f ; there will be no limit to the violence la violence ne connaîtra pas de limites ; it's beyond the limit(s) of my experience cela sort des limites de mon expérience ; to push sb to the limit pousser qn à bout ; he has pushed my patience to the limit ou to its limits il est venu à bout de ma patience ; it's the limit ○ ! ça dépasse les bornes! ; you're the limit ○ ! tu dépasses les bornes! ;2 ( legal restriction) limitation f (on sur) ; public spending limits limitation des dépenses publiques ; speed limit limitation de vitesse ; safety limits limites imposées par les normes de la sécurité ; to be over/under the limit ( of alcohol) avoir trop/ne pas avoir trop d'alcool dans le sang ;3 ( boundary) (of territory, universe, power, science) limite f (of de) ; within the limits of what we can do dans la limite de ce que l'on peut faire ; ‘is it possible?’-‘yes, within limits’ ‘est-ce possible?’-‘oui, dans une certaine limite’ ; to be off limits Mil être interdit d'accès ; the garden is off limits l'accès au jardin est interdit ; my private life is off limits ma vie privée ne vous concerne pas.B vtr ( restrict) limiter [use, imports, actions] ; to be limited to doing se limiter à faire ; spending is limited to two million les dépenses sont limitées à deux millions ; places are limited to 60 le nombre de places est limité à 60.C v refl to limit oneself s'imposer des limites ; to limit oneself to se limiter à [amount, quantity] ; you're limiting yourself by not doing tu te limites trop en ne faisant pas. -
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1 noun(a) (hat → with peak) casquette f; (→ without peak) bonnet m; (→ of jockey, judge) toque f; (→ of nurse, traditional costume) coiffe f; (→ of soldier) calot m; (→ of officer) képi m;∎ cap and bells marotte f (de bouffon);∎ cap and gown = expression britannique évoquant le milieu universitaire;∎ in cap and gown en costume d'apparat universitaire;∎ if the cap fits, wear it qui se sent morveux (qu'il) se mouche;∎ to go to sb cap in hand aller vers qn chapeau bas;∎ old-fashioned to set one's cap at sb jeter son dévolu sur qn;∎ to put on one's thinking cap réfléchir, méditer la question(b) (cover, lid → of bottle, container) capsule f; (→ of lens) cache m; (→ of tyre valve) bouchon m; (→ of pen) capuchon m; (→ of mushroom) chapeau m; (→ of tooth) couronne f; (→ of column, pedestal) chapiteau m∎ he has three England caps il a été sélectionné trois fois dans l'équipe d'Angleterre(f) (contraceptive device) diaphragme m(g) (spending limit) plafond m∎ the mountain was capped with snow le sommet de la montagne était recouvert de neige∎ he capped that story with an even funnier one il a raconté une histoire encore plus drôle que celle-là;∎ to cap it all pour couronner le tout, pour comble(d) Administration (impose limit on → spending) limiter, restreindre; (→ borough, region) limiter les dépenses de;∎ these measures have been effective in capping overall expenditure ces mesures ont permis de limiter les dépenses globales∎ she was capped five times elle a joué ou elle a été sélectionnée cinq fois►► Technology cap screw vis f à six pans creux -
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drastically [ˈdræstɪkəlɪ][cut, increase, reduce] considérablement ; [change, improve] defence spending has been drastically cut on a opéré des coupes claires dans le budget de la défense* * *['dræstɪklɪ]adverb [change, reduce] radicalement; [reduce, limit] sévèrement
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