Glossary R2022

128 Business, Enviroment and Law terms

Academic glossary

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Accurate
Free from error.
Across
From one side to the other.
Example: A bridge across a river.
Acts of God
A sudden and inevitable occurrence caused by natural forces.
Example: Volcanic eruption is an act of God.
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Advocates
To support or urge by argument.
Example: A strong advocate of military intervention.
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American actress Anne Hathaway
Example: L’actrice américaine Anne Hathaway.
Amount
The sum total of two or more quantities or sums.
Example: The final amount that we actually pay for this car.
Anticompetitive
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Approximately
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Area
Section, plot.
Example: The dark areas in the painting.
As part of
en: Dans le cadre de
Aware
Conscious
Badly-educated
en: Mal élevé
Beds
en: Un lit
Before entering
en: Avant de rentre
Beheading
Decapitate
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Bus stop
en: Arrêt de bus
Buyer
Curtomers
By giving
Supplying or providing
Can
en: La possibilité
Claim
Affirmation
Example: Boohoo and Asda over claims about the sustainability of their fashion products.
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Classified ads
en: Petites annonces
Concerns
Preoccupation
Example: Concerns include the use of vague language.
Concerns
en: Les inquiétudes
Congressional seat
en: Siège au Congrès
Conventional
en: Classique
Customs regulations
en: Réglementation douanières
Deforestation
The planting of inforests.
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Despite
In spite of.
Devices
A thing made for a particular purpose, esp. a mechanical or electric invention.
Example: She invented a device that automatically closes windows when it rains.
Dispatchable
To send off or away with speed.
Distinguishes
To mark off as different.
Example: The Court distinguishes between two.
Due to
en: En raison de
Duties
Obligations
Earlier
Previous
Example: Two weeks earlier
Eco-friendly
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Entirety
Completeness
Example: You have to take into account the entirety of the situation. I copied the paper over in its entirety.
Ethical fashion
Fashion that aims to reduce the negative impact on people, animals, and the planet.
Exotic
not native
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Fashion industry
Industries in the manufacturing of clothes.
Flood
Any great outpouring or stream.
Example: A flood of tears.
Frequency
The state or fact of being frequent
Gain
Increase
Glyphosate
This is suspected of causing genetic damage.
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Greenhouse gases
en: Gaz à effet de serre
Greenwashing
To make people believe that your company is doing more to protect the environment.
Example: Greenwashing can be seen in plastic water bottle companies.
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Hammers
A tool consisting of a solid head set crosswise on a handle and used for driving nails.
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Hazardous
full of risk
Example: A hazardous journey.
Healthy and sustainable food
en: Alimentation saine et durable
Hundreds
A cardinal number, ten times ten.
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Hydropower
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I could eat a horse
en: J’ai une faim de
Increasingly
To become greater.
Example: The economy is on the increase.
Infamous
Of or relating to infamy.
Example: Infamous for the disgraceful way he treated women.
Inflation
A steady rise in the level of prices.
Innovate
To introduce something new.
Intrigue
To arouse the curiosity or interest of by unusual, new, or otherwise fascinating qualities.
Example: Fairy tales intrigue many children.
Investigation
The act or process of investigating.
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Kitchen sink
en: Éviter de cuisine
Lawns
Grass
Example: To be installed on their front lawns
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Lawsuit
A case in a court of law involving one party against another.
Leather dancing shoes
en: Chaussures de danse en cuir
Liable
Legally responsible.
Example: This independence is liable to cause problems.
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Lockout
The temporary closing of a business until they accept the employer's terms.
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Loose grey woollen sweater
en: Pull ample gris en laine
Lower
Inferior
Example: These collections may be lower than customers
Mass unemployment
en: Chômage massif
Measures
A system of measurement.
en: Medir
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Merrily
Joyous in spirit.
Mimics
To imitate or copy in action, speech
Misleading claim
en: Declaration trompeuse
Multitasking
The concurrent or interleaved execution of two or more jobs by a single CPU.
Nearly
All but.
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Neighborhood
District
Open secret
en: Secret de Polichinelle
Outwear
en: Vêtements d'extérieur
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Packaging
An act or instance of packing or forming packages.
en: Emballage
Partners
One who is associated with another.
Peaks
The pointed top of a mountain or ridge.
Performance
An entertainment presented before an audience.
en: Rendement
Plintiffs
One who brings or starts a legal action or suit in a court.
Example: The plaintiff accused her husband of beating her.
Poorly
Unwell
Example: Poorly lettered sign reading.
Potential
Capable of being or becoming.
en: Éventuels
Power
en: Électricité
Preliminary
Going before and leading up to the main part.
Example: The preliminary details had been worked out.
Recycled products
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Reducing food waste
en: Réduire le gaspillage alimentaire
Retailers
The sale of goods to individual consumers.
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Safety
Security
Example: They had made a small commitment to driver safety.
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Scam
Fraud
Example: That charity is a fraud.
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Scoop
Example: Lilly shifts such as a scoop back
Seat belt
en: Ceinture de sécurité
Secondhand smoke
en: Le tabagisme passif
Significant
Massive, special.
Example: The effects of that request were significant.
en: Énormes
Silk dress
en: Robe en soie
Snake
en: Serpent
Soap
en: Savons
Soundproofing
en: Insonorisation
Statement
Something stated, as a communication in speech or writing.
Example: I disagree with your last statement.
Streaming
An act or instance of flowing.
Strike
To make a planned attack
Example: These dogs planned to strike a cat.
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Strongly
Mentally powerful or vigorous.
Example: We strongly encourage.
en: Fortement
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Suppliers
To furnish with what is needed
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Supply
To furnish with what is needed.
en: Offre, Alimentation
Sustainable
Capable of being sustained
The philosopher’s stone
en: La pierre philosophale
Time zone
en: Fuseau horaire
To be displayed until
en: Date limite de vente
To commit
To declare
Example: He committed himself to helping the poor.
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To commit to
en: S'engager à
To must
en: L'onligation absolie
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To plan
en: prévoir
To raise
To increase by %
To undertake
en: Entrepredre une mission
Torturing
The act of causing great pain, as punishment or revenge.
Transmission
The act or process.
Transporation convention
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Trivial
Frivolous
Tumbling oil prices
en: Effondrement des prix du pétrole
Unexpectedly
Not expected
Vampires live forever
en: Les vampires ne meurent jamais
Vendor
Seller
Wildlife
Animals living in the wild.
Example: To protect the environment and wildlife of a region.
Withdraw
To draw back, away, to the side, or aside.
Example: The general withdrew his army.
Wood
The hard, fiberlike substance that makes up most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub beneath the bark.
Yards
Garden
Example: The use of their front yards