Example: "the amounts earned have to be certificated by employers"
en: un certificat / une certification
A class-action
Noun
A lawsuit filed or defended by an individual acting on behalf of a group.
Example: Plaintiffs' lawyers have tried to get the courts to combine all the potential suits into a single class action.
en: Un recours collectif
A scoop back
Noun
When there is a visible opening in the back of a dress or shirt.
Example: This dress has a beautiful scoop back.
en: Un dos échancré
Anti-competitive
Adjective
Tending to reduce or discourage competition
Example: The Justice Department already has several programs aimed at spurring companies to report crimes such as foreign bribery and anticompetitive business practices.
en: Anticoncurrentiel
Billboard
Noun
A large outdoor board for displaying advertisements; a hoarding.
Example: "the display of suggestive advertisements on billboards"
en: un panneau publicitaire
Chairman
Noun
a person in charge of a meeting or organization
Example: "Let's draw this meeting to a close, gentlemen, " said the chairman.
en: président (d'une assemblée)
Courier
Noun
A company or employee of a company that transports commercial packages and documents.
Example: "The cheque was dispatched by courier".
en: Transporteur, livreur
Disposable seal
Noun
A piece of plastic used to lock and identify product.
en: Joint jetable
Eco-friendly
Adjective
not harmful to the environment.
Example: The building has many features that make it more eco-friendly as well as reducing heating costs.
en: respectueux de la nature
Efficiency
Noun
The good use of time and energy in a way that does not waste any
Example: What is so impressive about their society is the efficiency of the public services.
en: L'éfficacité
Enable
Verb
To make someone able to do something, or to make something possible.
Example: Computerization should enable us to cut production costs by half.
en: Permettre, habiliter
Fine
Verb
To charge someone an amount of money as a punishment for not obeying a rule or law
Example: Drivers who exceed the speed limit can expect to be fined heavily.
en: Recevoir une amende
Firework display
Noun
A public event at which fireworks are set alight.
Example: A huge firework display lit up the night sky.
en: Feu d'artifice
Firm
Noun
A firm is a for-profit business organization—such as a corporation, limited liability company (LLC), or partnership—that provides professional services.
Example: Whether a firm is large or small, business ethic are equally important.
en: entreprise commerciale
Forge ahead
Phrasal verb
To suddenly make a lot of progress with something.
Example: The organizers are forging ahead with a programme of public events.
en: Aller de l'avant
Fraudster
Noun
Someone who gets money by deceiving people.
Example: New measures are needed to prevent fraudsters opening bank accounts with stolen cheques.
en: Fraudeur
Fulfilled
Adjective
Satisfy a demand
Feeling happy because you are getting everything that you want from life
Example: For the first time in my life, I feel really fulfilled.
All the conditions are fulfilled.
en: Rempli
Grand Larceny
Noun
Stealing, especially the crime of taking something that does not belong to you, without illegally entering a building to do so.
Example: As a pickpocket, he was charged with larceny.
en: Un vol qualifié
Green washing
Noun
Green washing is a communication and marketing strategy adopted by companies or other organizations. It consists in putting forward ecological arguments in order to forge an ecologically responsible image among the public.
Example: The campaign was little more than greenwashing to improve the oil company's image.
en: écoblanchissement
Law firm
Noun
A business that is engaged in the practice of law
Example: "she is a partner in a New York law firm"
en: Un cabinet d'avocat
Motto
Noun
A short sentence or phrase chosen as encapsulating the beliefs or ideals of an individual, family, or institution.
Example: "the family motto is ‘Faithful though Unfortunate’"
en: Une devise
NFT
Noun
Abbreviation for "non-fungible token": a unique unit of data (= the only one existing of its type) that links to a particular piece of digital art, music, video, etc. and that can be bought and sold
Example: NFTs allow creators to monetize digital artefacts.
en: Jeton non fongible
Notorious
Adjective
Famous for something bad.
Example: The company is notorious for paying its bills late.
en: Tristement célebre
Once and for all
Idiom
Completely and finally.
Example: We have to decide, once and for all, whether we want to ask Dad for money.
en: Une fois pour toute.
Palliate
Verb
To reduce the bad effects of something.
Example: They tried to palliate the hardship of their lives.
en: Pallier
Perk
Noun
An advantage or something extra, such as money or goods, that you are given because of your job.
Example: A company car and a mobile phone are some of the perks that come with the job.
en: Avantage
Plaintiffs
Noun
A person who brings a case against another in a court of law.
Example: "the plaintiff commenced an action for damages"
en: Les plaignants
Plant
Noun
A factory in which a particular product is made or power is produced.
Example: Two more car-assembly plants were closed by the strike.
en: Centrale, usine
Plot
Noun
The story of a book, film, play, etc.
Example: The movie has a very simple plot.
en: L'intrigue d'une œuvre
Reserve
Verb
To keep something for a particular purpose or time.
Example: I reserve Mondays for tidying my desk and answering letters.
Richemont is reserving the right to get information on deforestation risks.
en: se reserver
Slaughterhouse
Noun
A place where animals are killed for their meat.
Example: Cross-contamination from offal will occur directly or indirectly via equipment, air and food handlers in slaughterhouses, retail outlets and residential kitchens.
en: L'abattoir
Stifling
Adjective
(of heat, air, or a room) very hot and causing difficulties in breathing; suffocating.
Making one feel constrained or oppressed.
Example: "stifling heat"
"the stifling formality of her family life"
en: Etouffant
Sustainable
Adjective
Able to be maintained at a certain rate or level.
Example: "sustainable economic growth"
en: Durable
Tanning-process
Noun
Leather tanning is the first step in the leather making process, after the hides come from the beamhouse and are cleaned from dirt, blood, salt and hair. To use a hide or skin for a leather product it needs to be processed.
Example: This leather need to be tanned first.
en: Le tannage
The suburbs
Noun
An area on the edge of a large town or city where people who work in the town or city often live
Example: Box Hill is a suburb of Melbourne.
en: Les banlieues
To promote
Verb
To encourage people to like, buy, use, do, or support something
Example: Advertising companies are always having to think up new ways to promote products.
en: Promouvoir, encourager, supporter
To reimburse
Verb
To pay back to someone.
Example: The airline reimbursed me for the amount they had overcharged me.
en: rembourser
Two-fold
Adjective
Having two parts or aspects
Being twice as great or as many
Example: A twofold increase in spending
The aims of the study are twofold.
en: Double
Undergo
Verb
To experience something that is unpleasant or something that involves a change.
Example: She underwent an operation on a tumour in her left lung last year.
en: Subir
Withdrawal
Noun
The action of withdrawing something.
Synonym: removal, abolition