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1 wealth
wealth [welθ]1. nounb. ( = abundance) a wealth of ideas une abondance d'idées2. compounds* * *[welθ]1) ( possessions) fortune f2) ( state) richesse f3) ( resources) richesses fpl4) ( large amount)a wealth of — une mine de [information, opportunity]; une profusion de [detail, ideas]; énormément de [experience, talent]; un grand nombre de [books, documents]
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2 wealth
wealth [welθ]noun (UNCOUNT)(a) (richness → of family, person) richesse f, richesses fpl, fortune f; (→ of nation) richesse f, prospérité f;∎ a young woman of great wealth une jeune femme très fortunée;∎ they have acquired considerable wealth ils ont acquis une fortune considérable ou des biens considérables(b) (large amount → of details, ideas) abondance f, profusion f;∎ he showed a wealth of knowledge about Egyptian art il fit preuve d'une profonde connaissance de l'art égyptien;∎ this job offers a wealth of opportunity for travel cet emploi offre de nombreuses occasions de voyage;∎ she has had a wealth of opportunities to prove it elle a eu une quantité d'occasions de le prouver►► wealth creation création f de richesses;Finance wealth tax impôt m de solidarité sur la fortune -
3 wealth
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4 wealth
[welƟ]1) (riches: He is a man of great wealth.) fortune2) (a great quantity (of): a wealth of information.) abondance•- wealthy -
5 asset
∎ assets (of company) actif m; (personal) patrimoine m; (possessions) avoir m, capital m; LAW (of inheritance, company) masse f; (on liquidation after bankruptcy) masse active;∎ assets and liabilities actif et passif;∎ total assets total m de l'actif;∎ excess of assets over liabilities excédent m de l'actif sur le passifasset allocation répartition f des actifs;asset management gestion f de biens ou de capital; (of individual's wealth) gestion de patrimoine;asset stripper dépeceur m d'entreprise;asset stripping démantèlement m d'entreprise;asset swap swap m d'actifs;asset turnover rotation f des capitaux;asset utilization ratio taux m d'utilisation des actifs;asset valuation réserve f, provision f pour évaluation d'actif;ACCOUNTANCY asset value valeur f d'actif(b) (advantage) atout m;∎ she's a real asset to the company elle apporte beaucoup à l'entreprise -
6 equalization
equalization fund fonds m de parité;equalization payment soulte f -
7 trickle-down theory
ECONOMICS = théorie selon laquelle les richesses accumulées par un petit nombre bénéficieront à tous les membres de la sociétéIn retirement Galbraith has continued in articles, speeches, and books to argue for strong government, progressive taxes and public spending. He is not a "Third Way" man. He ridiculed the Reaganite trickle-down theory of wealth distribution, preferring the earthier phrase "the horse-and-sparrow theory" - "If you feed the horse enough oats, some will pass through to the road for the sparrows."
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8 affluence
noun (wealth.) richesse -
9 gold-mine
1) (a place where gold is mined.) mine d'or2) (a source of wealth or profit: That clothes shop is an absolute gold-mine.) mine d'or -
10 miser
(a mean person who lives very poorly in order to store up wealth: That old miser won't give you a cent!) avare- miserly- miserliness -
11 multimillionaire
(a person who has wealth valued at several million pounds, dollars etc.) multimillionnaire -
12 riches
noun plural (wealth.) richesse(s) -
13 socialism
noun (the belief or theory that a country's wealth (its land, mines, industries, railways etc) should belong to the people as a whole, not to private owners.) socialisme -
14 upstart
(a person who has risen quickly to wealth or power but seems to lack dignity or ability: I shall leave the firm if that little upstart becomes manager.) parvenu/-ue -
15 display
display [dɪsˈpleɪ]• she displayed the letter she had received from the President elle a brandi la lettre qu'elle avait reçue du présidentb. [+ item for sale, artwork] exposer ; [+ notice, results] afficherc. [+ courage, interest, ignorance] faire preuve ded. [computer, watch] afficher2. nouna. (ostentatious) étalage m ; [of goods for sale, items in exhibition] présentation f ; [of food products, wealth] étalage m ; [of courage, interest, emotion] manifestation f ; [of unity, support, of strength, loyalty] démonstration f3. compounds* * *[dɪ'spleɪ] 1.2) (for decoration, to look at)3) ( demonstration) (of art, craft) démonstration f; (of dance, sport) exhibition fair display — fête f aéronautique
4) (of emotion, failing, quality) démonstration f; ( of strength) déploiement m; ( of wealth) étalage min a display of — dans un geste de [anger, impatience]
5) Automobile, Aviation, Computing écran m6) ( of advert)full page display — page f entière de publicité
7) Zoology parade f2.transitive verb1) gen, Commerce, Computing (show, set out) afficher [information, poster]; exposer [object]2) ( reveal) faire preuve de [intelligence, interest, skill]; révéler [emotion, vice, virtue]3.intransitive verb gen parader; [peacock] faire la roue -
16 show
show [∫əʊ](verb: preterite showed, past participle shown or showed)1. noun• he's holding his first London show [artist, sculptor] il expose à Londres pour la première foisc. ( = display) démonstration fa. ( = display) montrer ; ( = exhibit) [+ goods for sale, picture, dog] exposer ; [+ film, slides] projeter• I ought to show my face at Paul's party il faudrait que je fasse acte de présence à la soirée de Paulb. ( = indicate) [dial, clock] indiquer• to show a loss/profit indiquer une perte/un bénéfice• the figures show a rise over last year's sales les chiffres font apparaître une augmentation des ventes par rapport à l'année dernièrec. ( = reveal) montrer• it all goes to show that... tout cela montre bien que...• I'll show him! (inf) il va voir !d. ( = conduct) to show sb into the room faire entrer qn dans la pièce4. compounds• she's in show business elle est dans le show-business ► show flat noun (British) appartement m témoin► show off[+ one's wealth, knowledge] faire étalage de• he wanted to show off his new car il voulait faire admirer sa nouvelle voiture► show out separable transitive verb raccompagner (jusqu'à la porte)► show upa. [+ visitor] faire monterb. [+ fraud, impostor] démasquer ; [+ flaw, defect] faire ressortirc. ( = embarrass) faire honte à (en public)* * *[ʃəʊ] 1.1) ( as entertainment) Theatre, gen spectacle m; ( particular performance) représentation f; Cinema séance f; Radio, Television émission f; ( of slides) projection fon with the show! — ( introduction) place au spectacle!
3) ( of feelings) semblant m; ( of strength) démonstration f; ( of wealth) étalage mto make ou put on a (great) show of doing — s'évertuer pour la galerie à faire
to be all for ou just for show — être de l'esbroufe (colloq)
4) ( performance)5) (colloq) (business, undertaking) affaire f2.1) ( present for viewing) montrer [person, object, photo] (to à); présenter [ticket, fashion collection] (to à); [TV channel, cinema] passer [film]2) ( display competitively) présenter [animal]; exposer [flower, vegetables]3) ( reveal) montrer [feeling, principle, fact]; [garment] laisser voir [underclothes, dirt]; [patient] présenter [symptoms]4) ( indicate) montrer [object, trend, loss, difficulty]; indiquer [time, direction, area]5) ( demonstrate) [reply] témoigner de [wit, intelligence]; [gesture, gift] témoigner de [respect, gratitude]to show favouritism towards somebody —
6) ( prove) démontrer [truth, guilt]to show that — [document] prouver que; [findings] démontrer que; [expression] montrer que
7) ( conduct)to show somebody to their seat — [host, usher] placer quelqu'un
8) (colloq) ( teach a lesson to)3.I'll show him! — ( as revenge) je vais lui apprendre! (colloq); ( when challenged) je lui ferai voir! (colloq)
1) ( be noticeable) [stain, label] se voir; [emotion] gen se voir; ( in eyes) se lire2) ( be exhibited) [artist] exposer; [film] passer•Phrasal Verbs:- show in- show off- show out- show up••show a leg! — (colloq) debout!
to show one's face — (colloq) montrer son nez (colloq)
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17 capital
capital [ˈkæpɪtl]1. adjectivea. capitalb. capital letter majuscule f2. nouna. ( = money) capital mb. ( = city) capitale fc. ( = letter) majuscule f3. compounds* * *['kæpɪtl] 1.1) ( letter) majuscule f2) (also capital city) capitale f2. 3.to make capital out of something — fig tirer parti de quelque chose
1) [letter] majusculecrazy with a capital C — (colloq) dingue avec un D majuscule or un grand D (colloq)
2) Law [offence] capital3) ( essential) capital4) (colloq & dated) GB ( excellent) épatant -
18 off
off [ɒf]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. preposition2. adverb3. adjective4. noun5. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When off is an element in a phrasal verb, eg keep off, take off, look up the verb. When it is part of a set combination, eg off duty, far off, look up the other word.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. prepositiona. ( = from) de━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Note the French prepositions used in the following:━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━b. ( = missing from) there are two buttons off my coat il manque deux boutons à mon manteauc. ( = away from) de• the helicopter was just a few metres off the ground l'hélicoptère n'était qu'à quelques mètres du sold. ( = not taking, avoiding) (inf) I'm off coffee/cheese at the moment je ne bois pas de café/ne mange pas de fromage en ce moment2. adverba. ( = away) the house is 5km off la maison est à 5 km• they're off! (in race) les voilà partis !• where are you off to? où allez-vous ?c. ( = removed) he had his coat off il avait enlevé son manteaud. (as reduction) 10% off 10 % de remise or de rabais• I'll give you 10% off je vais vous faire une remise or un rabais de 10 %• they lived together off and on for six years ils ont vécu ensemble six ans, par intermittence3. adjectivea. ( = absent from work) he's been off for three weeks cela fait trois semaines qu'il est absentb. ( = off duty) she's off at 4 o'clock today elle termine à 4 heures aujourd'huic. ( = not functioning, disconnected) [machine, TV, light] éteint ; [engine, gas at main, electricity, water] coupé ; [tap] fermé ; [brake] desserréd. ( = cancelled) [meeting, trip, match] annuléf. (indicating wealth, possession) they are comfortably off ils sont aisés• how are you off for bread? qu'est-ce que vous avez comme pain ?g. ( = not right inf) it was a bit off, him leaving like that ce n'était pas très bien de sa part de partir comme ça• that's a bit off! ce n'est pas très sympa ! (inf)4. noun5. compounds• I came on the off chance of seeing her je suis venu à tout hasard, en pensant que je la verrais peut-être ► off-colour adjective (British)a. ( = bad day)• to sing off-key chanter faux ► off-licence noun (British) ( = shop) magasin m de vins et spiritueux• to go off-line [computer] se mettre en mode autonome• to put the printer off-line mettre l'imprimante en mode manuel ► off-load transitive verb [+ goods] décharger ; [+ task, responsibilities] se décharger de► off-peak (British) adjective [period, time, hour] creux ; [train, electricity] en période creuse ; [telephone call] à tarif réduit (aux heures creuses)• off-peak ticket billet m au tarif réduit heures creuses adverb (outside rush hour) en dehors des heures de pointe ; (outside holiday season) en période creuse ► off-piste adjective adverb━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Dans le monde du théâtre new-yorkais, on qualifie de off-Broadway les pièces qui ne sont pas montées dans les grandes salles de Broadway. Les salles off-Broadway, généralement assez petites, proposent des billets à des prix raisonnables. Aujourd'hui, les théâtres les plus à l'avant-garde sont appelés off-off-Broadway.* * *Note: off is often found as the second element in verb combinations ( fall off, run off etc) and in offensive interjections ( clear off etc). For translations consult the appropriate verb entry (fall, run, clear etc)off is used in certain expressions such as off limits, off colour etc and translations for these will be found under the noun entry (limit, colour etc)For other uses of off see the entry below[ɒf], US [ɔːf] 1.(colloq) noun2.just before the off — ( of race) juste avant le départ
1) ( leaving)to be off — partir, s'en aller
I'm off — gen je m'en vais; ( to avoid somebody) je ne suis pas là
he's off again talking about his exploits! — fig et voilà c'est reparti, il raconte encore ses exploits!
2) ( at a distance)3) ( ahead in time)4) Theatre3.1) ( free)2) ( turned off)3) ( cancelled)to be off — [match, party] être annulé
the ‘coq au vin’ is off — ( from menu) il n'y a plus de ‘coq au vin’
4) ( removed)to have one's leg off — (colloq) se faire couper la jambe
25% off — Commerce 25% de remise
5) (colloq) ( bad)4.to be off — [food] être avarié; [milk] avoir tourné
off and on adverbial phrase par périodes5.1) ( away from in distance)2) ( away from in time)3) (also just off) juste à côté de [kitchen etc]4) ( astray from)5) ( detached from)there's a button off — [cuff etc] il manque un bouton à
6) (colloq) ( no longer interested in)7) (colloq) (also off of)••how are we off (colloq) for...? — qu'est-ce qu'il nous reste comme...? [flour etc]
that's a bit off — (colloq) GB ça c'est un peu fort (colloq)
to feel a bit off(-colour) (colloq) — GB ne pas être dans son assiette (colloq)
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19 fortune
fortune [ˈfɔ:t∫ən]1. nouna. ( = chance) chance fb. ( = riches) fortune f• to spend/cost a fortune dépenser/coûter une fortune2. compounds* * *['fɔːtʃuːn] 1.1) ( wealth) fortune f2) ( luck) chance f2.to have the good fortune to do — avoir la chance or le bonheur de faire
fortunes plural noun (of team, country) destin m•• -
20 tap
tap [tæp]1. noun• the hot/cold tap le robinet d'eau chaude/froide► on tapb. ( = knock) petit coup ma. [+ telephone] mettre sur écouteb. [+ resources, supplies] exploiter4. compounds( = gain access to) accéder à ; ( = exploit) exploiter* * *[tæp] 1.1) (for water, gas) robinet mthe cold/hot tap — le robinet d'eau froide/chaude
to turn the tap on/off — ouvrir/fermer le robinet
on tap — [beer] pression inv; [wine] en fût; fig disponible
2) ( blow) petit coup m3) ( listening device)2.transitive verb (p prés etc - pp-)1) ( knock) [person] taper (doucement); ( repeatedly) tapoter2) ( install listening device) mettre [quelque chose] sur écoute [telephone]3) ( extract contents) mettre en perce [barrel]; inciser [rubber tree]; exploiter [resources, energy]3.to tap somebody for money — (colloq) taper (colloq) quelqu'un
intransitive verb (p prés etc - pp-) [person, finger, foot] taperPhrasal Verbs:- tap in
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