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81 business
сущ.1) общ. дело, занятие ( в отличие от отдыха и развлечений)COMBS:
business contacts — деловые контакты [связи\]
It's time to get down to business. — Настало время заняться делом.
See:2) упр. специальность, работа, профессиональная деятельностьThe women were extremely grateful for the help, prompting Sullivan to make a business of helping single mothers. — Женщины были чрезвычайно благодарны и предлагали Салливану профессионально заняться помощью матерям-одиночкам.
Syn:3)а) общ. дело, долг, круг обязанностей, сфера ответственности, назначениеA soldier's business is to defend his country. — Долг солдата защищать свою страну.
It's your own business. — Это ваше личное дело.
б) общ. дело, начинание, предприятие; сделка, операция4)а) общ. коммерческая деятельность, бизнес; торговляATTRIBUTES:
retail [wholesale\] business — розничная [оптовая\] торговля
A good product doesn't mean it's a good business. — Хороший продукт не означает хороший бизнес.
COMBS:
business relations — деловые отношения, торговые связи
business advertising — деловая реклама, промышленная реклама (реклама товаров производственного назначения)
business decisions — решения по коммерческим вопросам, деловые решения
business executive — руководящий работник коммерческой структуры, коммерческий руководитель
to do [conduct, transact; drum up\] business — вести коммерческую деятельность
business is brisk [booming, flourishing, thriving\] — торговля идет оживленно [процветает, расширяется\]
business is slack [at a standstill\] — торговля идет вяло [стоит на месте\]
See:advertising business 1), consumer business, direct business, domestic business, export business, import business, indirect business, insurance business, long-tail business, pension business, reinsurance business, short-tail business, wholesale business, business acumen, business advertisement, business advertising, business banner, business client, business consultant, business customer, business demographic information, business economics, business environment, business law, business manager, business market, business practice, business representative, business segment, business travel, business traveller, business visa, business watcher, business continuation insurance, recovery of business, census of businessб) страх. страхование* (употребляется по отношению к определенной совокупности страховых договоров, напр., новых договоров, заключенных в течение отчетного периода, или всех договоров, остающихся в силе на определенный момент; также может употребляться по отношению к страховым премиям, полученным или причитающимся к получению по определенной совокупности страховых полисов)See:в) юр., брит. деловая активность (закон "О недобросовестных условиях контракта" от 1977 г. определяет данное понятие как профессиональную деятельность или деятельность, связанную со службой в правительственных структурах и в любом органе государственной власти или местного самоуправления)See:5) эк. предприятие (обычно, торговое), фирмаATTRIBUTES:
to manage [operate, run\] a business — управлять торговым предприятием
to run [be in charge of\] a business — руководить предприятием
to buy into [buy out\] a business — купить долю в предприятии [выкупить предприятие\]
His business is growing very fast. — Его фирма быстро набирает обороты.
Syn:See:business auto policy, business delivery, business insurance, business interruption insurance, business liability insurance, business life insurance, business personal property, business overhead expense insurance, business owners policy, business-to-business6) эк. бизнес, деловые круги ( как противопоставление государству или государственному сектору)Syn:enterprise 2) б)See:7) торг., амер. клиентура, покупатели, аудитория
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бизнес: любые предприятия, деятельность, сделки, которые призваны производить или предоставлять потребителям товары и услуги в целях получения прибыли. -
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марк. знающий [разбирающийся, осведомленный\] покупатель (покупатель, хорошо разбирающийся в ценности приобретаемых товаров)Market value is the most probable price that a typical knowledgeable buyer and typical knowledgeable seller would use to transact a sale. — Рыночная стоимость это наиболее вероятная цена, которую типичный разбирающийся покупатель и типичный разбирающийся продавец использовали бы при заключении сделки о продаже.
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сущ.1) эк. отказ от участия* (в чем-л.)the opt-outs from occupational pension schemes — отказы от участия в пенсионных схемах по месту работы
We are not authorised to advise on or transact business relating to pension transfers or opt-outs from occupational pension schemes. — Мы не уполномочены на предоставление консультаций и проведение операций, связанных с переводом пенсий или выходами из пенсионных схем, организованных по месту работу.
See:2) эк., брит. отказ от участия* (об учебном или лечебном упреждении: выход из-под контроля местных органов власти и переход к самоуправлению)See: -
84 TACT
1) Авиация: The Air Cargo Tariffs2) Военный термин: tactical transport, tactical transport, medium range, tactical transport, short range, tank and armored car training, transonic aircraft technology4) Юридический термин: Teens Against Chemical Taking, Treatment Of Addictions And Criminal Thinking, Truth Appreciation Care And Tact5) Университет: Thematic Approach To Chemistry Teaching6) Физиология: Trial To Assess Chelation Therapy7) Транспорт: The Air Cargo Tariff8) Фирменный знак: Triangle Area Centers For Technology10) Деловая лексика: Total Assembly Cycle Time11) Образование: Teachers And Children Together12) НАСДАК: Transact Technologies, Inc.13) Программное обеспечение: Text Analysis Computing Tools14) Международные перевозки: the air cargo tariff (IATA) -
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86 TRE
1) Авиация: (H) экзаменатор по квалификационным проверкам (вертолеты) (Type rating examiner (helicopter))2) Спорт: Touring Road Event, Transact Race Engineering3) Военный термин: Tactical Receiver Equipment, Telecommunications Research Establishment, Tet Response Element, training equipment, training readiness evaluation, transfer of equipment, transient radiation effect4) Техника: timing read errors, true radiation emittance5) Железнодорожный термин: Trinity Railway Express6) Юридический термин: Tennessee Rules Of Evidence7) Сокращение: Tactical Receive / Reserve Equipment, Tactical Receive Equipment, Target-Rich Environment8) Транспорт: Timing Retard Eliminator9) Экология: toxicity reduction evaluation10) Расширение файла: Directory tree file (PC-Tools) -
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юр.Н.П. прикрываемая сделка (i.e., concealed purchase, loan in a sham transact ion) -
88 tact
1) Авиация: The Air Cargo Tariffs2) Военный термин: tactical transport, tactical transport, medium range, tactical transport, short range, tank and armored car training, transonic aircraft technology4) Юридический термин: Teens Against Chemical Taking, Treatment Of Addictions And Criminal Thinking, Truth Appreciation Care And Tact5) Университет: Thematic Approach To Chemistry Teaching6) Физиология: Trial To Assess Chelation Therapy7) Транспорт: The Air Cargo Tariff8) Фирменный знак: Triangle Area Centers For Technology10) Деловая лексика: Total Assembly Cycle Time11) Образование: Teachers And Children Together12) НАСДАК: Transact Technologies, Inc.13) Программное обеспечение: Text Analysis Computing Tools14) Международные перевозки: the air cargo tariff (IATA) -
89 custodian
1. хранитель (музея и т. п.), смотритель (здания); комендант (здания)2. сторож3. опекун4. страж5. банк. банк или другой финансовый институт, управляющий чужими капиталами6. комп. лицо, владеющее секретной информацией или отвечающее за сохранность секретности информации7. ответственное лицо (лицо, отвечающее за какой-либо участок государственной работы)I, THE UNDERSIGNED, Secretary of State of the State of Oklahoma, do hereby certify that I am, by the laws of said state, the custodian of the records of the state of Oklahoma relating to the right of certain business entities to transact business in this state and am the proper officer to execute this certificate. — Я, НИЖЕПОДПИСАВШИЙСЯ, Государственный секретарь Штата Оклахома, настоящим свидетельствую, что я, согласно законам вышеуказанного штата, являюсь лицом, ответственным за записи Штата Оклахома, касающиеся права определенных коммерческих организаций осуществлять хозяйственную деятельность в данном штате, и являюсь должностным лицом, уполномоченным выдать данное свидетельство.
Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > custodian
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90 business
n1) бизнес, дело2) сделка; торговля; операция3) дело, профессия, занятие4) заказ; объем производства5) повестка дня•to conduct a business — вести дело, руководить делом
to do business with a country — иметь деловые отношения с какой-л. страной
to establish a business — основывать дело / фирму / компанию
to run a business — вести дело, руководить делом
- AOBto set up / to start a business — начинать дело
- banking business
- big business
- brisk business
- business as usual - business is looking up
- business is looking well
- business is slow
- business of the day
- business of the meeting
- business thrives
- business was brisk
- conduct of business
- course of business
- government business
- incorporated business
- kind of business - private business
- remunerative business
- small scale business
- speedy dispatch of business
- square business
- stagnation of business
- transaction of business
- urgent business before the Security Council
- war business
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1) бизнес, дело; предпринимательство2) сделка, сделки, торговые операции3) деловые круги; деловая жизнь; экономическая деятельность4) компания, предприятие5) заказ, поступление заказов; объём производства; величина оборота6) профессия, занятие -
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['bɪznɪs]сущ.1)а) дело, занятие; работаbusiness hours — часы работы, рабочее время
the business of the day / meeting — повестка дня
I'm here on business. — Я здесь по делам.
б) постоянное занятие, профессияHis business is poultry farming. — Он занимается птицеводством.
•Syn:2)а) бизнес, предпринимательская деятельность; торговля, коммерцияshow business — шоу-бизнес, индустрия развлечений
to conduct / do / transact business — вести коммерческую деятельность
- business intereststo do business with smb. — вести торговлю с кем-л.
б) количество проданных товаров или услуг; торговля; бизнес; деловая активностьbusiness drops off — объём торговли падает, количество клиентов уменьшается
business picks up — объём торговли растёт, количество клиентов увеличивается
business is brisk / booming — торговля идёт бойко, переживает бум
в) промышленное или торговое предприятие; фирма, компанияto build up / establish / launch a business — организованть компанию
to manage / operate / run a business — управлять компанией
to buy into / out a business — купить предприятие
He has bought his uncle's business. — Он купил бизнес своего дяди.
3) дело, касающееся кого-либо; круг интересов; сфера ответственности; обязанность, долгto make smth. one's business — взять на себя ответственность за что-л., считать что-л. своей обязанностью, считать себя обязанным делать что-л.
send smb. about his business — прогонять, выпроваживать кого-л.
It's nobody's business — Это никого не касается.
4) дело, начинание, предприятие5) разг.а) трудное дело; хлопотное дело; морокаThis interview business was nowhere near as easy as she had hoped it to be. — Вопреки её ожиданиям собеседование оказалось далеко не таким простым делом.
б) дело, история, происшествие, скандалYou've got to take your mind off this horrible business. — Ты должен выбросить это ужасное происшествие из головы.
6) театр. действие, игра, мимика, жесты ( в отличие от реплик)They give the literary composition the almost contemptuous title of "words", while they dignify the movements of the actors with the name of "business". — Литературному произведению они дают презрительное наименование "слова", а действия актеров на сцене называют благородным словом "игра".
7) уст.; = busyness••- monkey businessto mean business — говорить всерьёз, искренне; иметь серьёзные намерения
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1. n1) торговая сделка, договор о покупке2) выгодная сделка, выгодная покупка
- bad bargain
- blind bargain
- chance bargain
- Dutch bargain
- firm bargain
- good bargain
- losing bargain
- option bargain
- settlement bargain
- time bargain
- bargains done
- into the bargain
- arrange a bargain
- bind the bargain
- buy at a bargain
- close a bargain
- conclude a bargain
- do a bargain
- drive a hard bargain
- effect a bargain
- make a bargain
- sell over a bargain
- settle a bargain
- strike a bargain
- transact a bargain2. vторговаться; договариваться, вести переговоры
- bargain for better conditions
- bargain over a price
- bargain over about a priceEnglish-russian dctionary of contemporary Economics > bargain
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1. n2) сделка, соглашение
- back-to-back deal
- barter deal
- big deal
- block deal
- business deal
- cash deal
- commercial deal
- compensation deal
- compensatory deal
- dodgy deal
- dummy deal
- exchange deal
- fair deal
- foreign exchange deal
- futures deal
- lending deal
- licence deal
- lucrative deal
- option deal
- option deal for the call
- option deal for the put
- package deal
- parallel deal
- profitable deal
- reexport deal
- side deal
- slot charter deal
- smooth deal
- square deal
- stand-by deal
- trade deal
- unprofitable deal
- a good deal
- a great deal
- arrange a deal
- carry out a deal
- call off a deal
- do a deal
- effect a deal
- implement a deal
- make a deal
- make a side deal
- negotiate a deal
- set up a deal
- strike a deal
- transact a deal2. v1) распределять; выдавать2) заниматься чем-л.; торговать
- deal at arm's length
- deal in smth
- deal with smb
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n1) часто pl переговоры; обсуждение условий сделки2) передача, переуступка; продажа, учет (векселя, чека); выплата (по векселю, чеку)
- backstage negotiations
- bilateral negotiations
- bill negotiation
- business negotiation
- commercial negotiations
- constructive negotiation
- contract negotiation
- deadlocked negotiations
- debt-restructuring negotiations
- final negotiations
- fringe negotiation
- intergovernmental negotiations
- loan negotiations
- multilateral negotiations
- official negotiations
- preliminary negotiations
- previous negotiations
- price negotiations
- private negotiations
- protracted negotiations
- sales negotiations
- secret negotiations
- stalemated negotiations
- successful negotiations
- tariff negotiations
- technical negotiations
- trade negotiations
- negotiation against documents
- negotiation of a bill
- negotiation of a cheque
- negotiation of a draft
- negotiation of a loan
- negotiation of a pledge
- by negotiations
- begin negotiations
- be in negotiations
- boycott negotiations
- break off negotiations
- cancel negotiations
- carry on negotiations
- conduct negotiations
- cover negotiations
- discontinue negotiations
- effect negotiations
- enter into negotiations
- finalize negotiations
- handle negotiations
- hold negotiations
- hold up negotiations
- initiate negotiations
- make negotiations
- open negotiations
- participate in negotiations
- postpone negotiations
- put off negotiations
- reopen negotiations
- restart negotiations
- resume negotiations
- settle by negotiations
- speed up negotiations
- start negotiations
- stop negotiations
- suspend negotiations
- take up negotiations
- transact negotiations
- wreck negotiationsEnglish-russian dctionary of contemporary Economics > negotiation
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n1) погашение (долга)2) взнос4) pl платежный оборот
- additional payment
- advance payment
- alimony payment
- allowance payment
- amortization payment
- annual payment
- annuity payment
- anticipated payment
- average payment
- back payment
- balloon payment
- benefit payment
- bi-annual payment
- bilateral payments
- bonus payment
- budgetary payments
- cash payment
- cash down payment
- cash payments in advance
- cashless payment
- cheque payment
- clearing payment
- collection payment
- commercial payments
- commission payment
- compensation payment
- compensatory payment
- compulsory payment
- consignment payments
- contractual payments
- contractual termination payments
- coupon payments
- credit payments
- cross-border payments
- currency payments
- current payments
- cyclic interest payment
- debt service payment
- deductible alimony payment
- deferred payment
- delayed payment
- demurrage payment
- direct payment
- direct bonus payment
- direct financial payment
- dividend payment
- dividend payments on equity issues
- down payment
- due payment
- early bird payment
- easy payments
- electronic payments for goods and services
- encouragement payment
- end-of-year payment
- entitlement payment
- excess payment
- exchange payments
- excise payment
- ex gratia payment
- extended payment
- external payments
- extra payment
- facilitation payments
- final payment
- financial payment
- first payment
- fixed payments
- fixed-rate payment
- foreign payment
- franked payments
- freight payment
- full payment
- golden parachute payment
- guarantee payment
- guaranteed payment
- hire payments from leasing of movable property
- housing and communal utilities payments
- immediate payment
- incentive payment
- inclusive payment
- incoming payments
- initial payment
- installment payment
- insufficient payment
- insurance payment
- interest payment
- interim payment
- intermediate payment
- internal payments
- international payments
- irregular payments
- job work payment
- late payment
- lease payment
- licence fee payment
- lump-sum payment
- minimum payment
- monetary payment
- monthly payment
- multilateral payments
- mutual payments
- net payment
- noncash payment
- noncommercial payment
- nontax payment
- obligatory payment
- one-off payment
- one-time payment
- onward payment
- other payments
- outstanding payment
- overdue payment
- overtime payment
- paperless payment
- partial payment
- past due payment
- patent licence payments
- payroll payment
- pension payment
- periodical payments
- preferential payment
- premium payment
- pressing payment
- previous payment
- principal payment
- progress payments
- prolonged payment
- prompt payment
- proportionate payments
- public welfare payments
- punctual payment
- quarter payment
- quarterly payment
- recovering payment
- redundancy payment
- rental payment
- requited payment
- royalty payment
- semi-annual payment
- seniority benefits payment
- separation payment
- settlement payments
- severance payment
- short payment
- sight payment
- single payment
- sinking fund payment
- social payments
- social security payments
- stop payment
- stopped payment
- subsequent payment
- subsidy payment
- successive payments
- sundry payments
- superannuation payments
- supplementary payment
- tax payment
- taxable payments
- terminal payment
- threshold payment
- time payment
- timely payment
- token payment
- transfer payments
- unpaid payment
- unreimbursed payment
- up-front payment
- wage payment
- warranty payment
- weekly payment
- welfare payment
- wrongful payments
- yearly payment
- payment after delivery
- payment against a bank guarantee
- payment against delivery of documents
- payment against dock receipt
- payment against documents
- payment against drafts
- payment against an invoice
- payment against a L/C
- payment against indebtedness
- payment against payment documents
- payment against presentation of documents
- payment against shipping documents
- payment against statement
- payment ahead of schedule
- payment ahead of time
- payment as per tariff
- payment at destination
- payment at sight
- payment before delivery
- payment by acceptance
- payment by cable transfers
- payment by cash
- payment in cash
- payment by cheque
- payment by deliveries of products
- payment by drafts
- payment by the hour
- payment in installments
- payment by installments
- payment by the job
- payment by a L/C
- payment by money transfers
- payment by the piece
- payment by postal transfers
- payment by remittance
- payment by results
- payment by the time
- payment by transfers
- payment for auditing services
- payment for breakage
- payment for carriage of goods
- payment for collection
- payments for credits
- payment for deliveries
- payment for documents
- payment for goods
- payment for honour
- payment for services
- payment for shipments
- payment for technical documentation
- payment forward
- payment for work
- payment from abroad
- payment in advance
- payment in and out of the current account
- payment in anticipation
- payment in arrears
- payment in cash
- payment in clearing currency
- payment in dollars
- payment in due course
- payment in favour of smb
- payment in foreign currency
- payment in full
- payment in gold
- payment in kind
- payment in lieu of vacation
- payment in local currency
- payment in national currency
- payment in part
- payments in settlement
- payment in specie
- payment into an account
- payment into the bank
- payment in total
- payment of an account
- payment of an advance
- payment of an amount
- payment of arrears
- payment of arrears of interest
- payment of an award
- payment of the balance
- payment of a bill
- payment of a bonus
- payment of charges
- payment of charter hire
- payment of a cheque
- payment of claims
- payment of a collection
- payment of a commission
- payment of compensation
- payment of costs
- payment of coupon yield
- payment of customs duties
- payment of damages
- payment of a debt
- payment of demurrage
- payment of a deposit
- payment of dismissal wage
- payment of dispatch
- payment of dividends
- payment of a draft
- payment of dues
- payment of a duty
- payment of expenses
- payment of fees
- payment of a fine
- payment of freight
- payment of gains obtained
- payment of a guarantee sum
- payment of hospital expenses
- payment of an indemnity
- payment of the initial fee
- payment of insurance indemnity
- payment of insurance premium
- payment of interest
- payment of interest on coupons
- payment of interest on deposits
- payment of an invoice
- payment of a margin
- payment of medical expenses
- payment of money
- payment of a note
- payment of past-due interest
- payment of the penalty
- payment of a premium
- payment of principal
- payment of principal and interest
- payment of profits
- payment of property taxes
- payment of remuneration
- payment of restitution
- payment of retention money
- payment of royalty
- payment of salary
- payment of a sum
- payment of taxes
- payment of transportation charges
- payment of unemployment benefits
- payment of wages
- payment on account
- payment on cheque
- payment on a clearing basis
- payment on a collection basis
- payment on a deferred basis
- payment on delivery
- payment on demand
- payment on dividends
- payment on due date
- payment on an invoice
- payment on mortgages
- payment on an open account
- payment on open account billing
- payments on orders
- payment on presentation
- payment on request
- payment on the spot
- payment supra protest
- payment through a bank
- payment through clearing
- payment to the state budget
- payments under a contract
- payments under loans
- failing payment
- in payment
- payment received
- accelerate payment
- accept as payment
- adjust payments
- anticipate payment
- apply for payment
- approve payment
- arrange payment
- authorize payment
- be behind with one's payments
- cease payments
- claim payment
- collect payment
- complete payments
- default on mortgage payments
- defer payment
- delay payment
- demand payment
- do payment
- effect payment
- enforce payment
- exempt from payment
- expedite payment
- fix payment
- forgo payment of a dividend
- forward payment
- fulfil payment
- guarantee payment
- hold up payment
- impose payment
- make payment
- make a cash payment
- miss interest and dividend payments
- negotiate payment of fees
- outlaw payment of bribes
- pass for payment
- postpone payment
- present for payment
- press for payment
- process payment
- prolong payment
- put off payment
- receive payment
- refuse payment
- release from payment
- remit payment
- request payment
- require payment
- reschedule pledged payments
- restructure payments
- resume payments
- secure payment
- settle payments
- speed up payment
- spread payments
- stop payments
- stretch out payments
- suspend payments
- transact payment
- transfer payment
- waive dividend payments
- withhold paymentEnglish-russian dctionary of contemporary Economics > payment
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97 business
n1) бизнес, дело; предпринимательство2) сделка, торговая операция- transact business with smb.3) деловые круги; деловая жизнь; экономическая деятельность4) компания, предприятие5) эк. заказ; объём производства; величина оборота6) дело, профессия, занятие7) повестка дня• -
98 bargain
1.торговаться; договариваться, вести переговоры•2.1) торговая сделка, договор о покупке2) выгодная сделка, выгодная покупка• -
99 business
1) дело, занятие, специальность2) дело, работа, бизнес3) торговля, коммерческая деятельность; предпринимательская деятельность4) компания, предприятие• -
100 negotiation
1) переговоры; обсуждение условий сделки2) передача, переуступка; продажа, учет (векселя, чека); выплата (по векселю, чеку)•
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