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1 to have great leeway
avoir toute latitude/tout loisir de; avoir une grande liberté de manoeuvreEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > to have great leeway
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2 margin
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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