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2 reject losses
English-russian dctionary of contemporary Economics > reject losses
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3 loss
n1) потеря, утрата2) страх. гибель3) убыток, ущерб, урон
- abnormal losses
- absolute total loss
- actual loss
- accidental loss
- actual insurance loss
- actual total loss
- anticipated loss
- apprehended loss
- average losses
- backlog loss
- bad debt losses
- balance loss
- budgetary losses
- business loss
- capital loss
- cargo loss
- casualty loss
- compensatable loss
- compensated loss
- concealed loss
- consequential loss
- constructive total loss
- conveyance loss
- credit losses
- crop loss
- currency losses
- dead loss
- deductible loss
- depreciation loss
- direct losses
- estimated losses
- excessive losses
- exchange losses
- expected losses
- field losses
- financial loss
- foreign expropriation capital loss
- fraud loss
- full-year pre-tax loss
- general average losses
- gross loss
- heavy losses
- huge losss
- indemnified loss
- indirect losses
- information loss
- irrecoverable losses
- irreparable losses
- large losss
- long-term capital loss
- manufacturing losses
- markdown loss
- market losses
- material loss
- natural loss
- net loss
- net long-term capital loss
- net operating losses
- net short-term capital loss
- nonoperating loss
- operating loss
- operational loss
- opportunity losses
- ordinary loss
- paper losses
- partial loss
- particular average losses
- pecuniary loss
- possible losses
- potential losses
- pre-merger losses
- pre-tax losses
- proforma losses
- production losses
- pure losses
- realized loss
- recoverable losses
- reinvestment loss
- reject losses
- salvage losses
- serious losses
- short-term capital loss
- single losses
- stock market losses
- storage losses
- substantial losses
- tax losses
- tax-deductible losses
- throughput losses
- total loss
- trivial losses
- trade losses
- trading losses
- underwriting losses
- working losses
- losses by leakage
- losses by wear and tear
- losses due to drying
- losses due to idle time
- losses due to rejects
- losses due to shrinkage
- losses due to spoilage
- losses due to waiting periods
- losses due to wastage
- loss during discharge
- losses during transportation
- losses for lost profit
- losses from misappropriations
- losses in the post
- loss in price
- losses in transit
- loss in weight
- loss in value
- loss of anticipated profit
- loss of capital
- loss of cargo
- loss of cash
- loss of confidence
- loss of credit
- loss of deposit
- loss of earning capacity
- loss of earnings
- loss of efficiency
- losses of exchange
- losses on exchange
- loss of freight
- loss of goods
- loss of goodwill
- loss of interest
- loss of income
- loss of liquidity
- loss of markets
- loss of market share to foreign rivals
- loss of money
- loss of opportunity
- loss of a package
- losses of production
- loss of profit
- loss of property
- loss of real or personal property
- loss of revenue
- loss of right
- loss of savings
- loss of time
- loss of trust
- loss of wages
- loss of weight during transportation
- loss of work
- loss of working hours
- losses on all risks
- loss on bad debt
- losses on exchange
- loss on loans
- loss on property due to earthquake, storm, flood, fire
- losses on receivables
- loss on securities
- loss and gain
- loss attributable to fluctuations in the value of foreign currency
- loss borne
- losses generated by
- loss sustained
- at a loss
- without loss
- adjust losses
- allow losses as general average
- announce one's first quarterly loss
- apportion the loss
- ascertain losses
- assess losses
- avert losses
- avoid losses
- bear losses
- carry forward one's losses
- cause a loss
- compensate for losses
- compute losses
- cover losses
- curb losses
- cut losses
- decrease losses
- entail losses
- experience losses
- guarantee against losses
- have losses
- incur losses
- indemnify for losses
- inflict a loss
- make good losses
- make up for losses
- meet with a loss
- minimize losses
- mitigate the loss
- offset losses
- operate at a loss
- participate in a loss
- prevent losses
- recover losses
- recognize losses
- repair losses
- result in a loss
- retrieve losses
- sell at a loss
- set off losses
- show a loss
- stand the loss
- stem chronic losses
- substantiate a loss
- suffer losses
- sustain losses
- take losses
- transmute a loss into a profoma profit
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4 loss
1) потеря, потери; убыток; утрата2) ущерб, урон3) pl потери энергии -
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1) потеря; (мн. ч.) потери3) затухание, ослабление4) срыв ( в следящих системах)5) вчт. проигрыш6) ущерб; убыток•losses by slagging — потери со шлаком;losses by splashing — потери со всплесками;loss on ignition — потери при прокаливании;loss of auxiliary power — потеря вспомогательных источников энергоснабженияloss of circulation — поглощение бурового раствораloss of load — отключение нагрузки; сброс нагрузкиloss of lock rate — нарушение синхронизма, выпадение из синхронизмаloss of phase — 1. отключение (обрыв) фазы 2. выпадение из синхронизма, нарушение синхронизмаloss of synchronism — нарушение синхронизма, выпадение из синхронизма-
absorption loss
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accumulated loss
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activation loss
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active return loss
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added loss
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additional iron loss
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aircraft control loss
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airscrew slip loss
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alternating hysteresis loss
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altitude loss
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antenna-to-medium coupling loss
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aperture loss
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apparent power loss
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arc-drop loss
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ashpit loss
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atmospheric evaporation loss
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attenuation loss
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attrition loss
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avoidable loss
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backwash loss
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baking loss
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balance return loss
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banking loss
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bearing friction loss
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bending loss
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bit loss
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bleeding loss of greases
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boil-off losses
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branching loss
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breathing loss
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bridging loss
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brush contact resistance loss
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brush friction loss
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bulk resistive loss
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burn-off loss
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cable loss
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canal loss
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capacitor loss
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capacity loss
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carbon loss
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carpet loss
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choke loss
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circulating current loss
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circulating loss
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cladding loss
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clad loss
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coil loss
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cold loss
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commutator loss
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component loss
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compression loss
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conduction loss
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connection loss
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constant loss
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contact loss
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convection loss
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convective loss
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conversion loss
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conveyance loss
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cooling loss
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copper loss
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core loss
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corona power loss
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corrosion loss
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counting loss
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coupling loss
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current loss
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diameter loss
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dielectric absorption loss
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dielectric loss
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dielectric hysteresis loss
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directional control loss
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discharge loss
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dispersion loss
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dissipation loss
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dissipative loss
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distillation loss
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distribution loss
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divergence loss
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dot loss
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draft loss
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dust loss
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dusting loss
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early loss
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echo return loss
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eddy-current loss
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edge loss
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elastic loss
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electric loss
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end loss
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entrance loss
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equivalent power loss
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evaporation loss
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evaporative loss
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excitation loss
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exit loss
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external beat loss
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fiber loss
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field I2R loss
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filling loss
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filter loss
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fixed loss
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flow loss
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form loss
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free-space loss
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Fresnel loss
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friction loss
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fuel tank loss
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gap loss
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generation losses
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gyromagnetic resonance loss
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harmonic tooth-ripple loss
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head loss
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head-to-tape spacing loss
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heat loss
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heat-leak loss
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hysteresis loss
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I2R loss
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idling loss
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implementation loss
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incremental hysteresis loss
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incremental losses
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individual process loss
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induction loss
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in-process loss
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insertion loss
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instrument wall loss
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insulation loss
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interaction loss
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intermodulation loss
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interstage loss
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intrinsic loss
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inverse loss
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ionization loss
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iron loss
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irrigation loss
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jacket loss
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Joule's loss
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kerf loss
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keying loss
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late loss
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latent heat loss
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leakage loss
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light leakage loss
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line loss
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linewidth loss
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link loss
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load loss
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magnetic hysteresis loss
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magnetic iron loss
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magnetic loss
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mass loss
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mechanical loss
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melting loss
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metal loss
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milling loss
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mining loss
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mismatch loss
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mode conversion loss
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multipath loss
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net loss
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no-load loss
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ohmic loss
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oil stock loss
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on-state power loss
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open circuit loss
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operational loss
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optical loss
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oven loss
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overall loss
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oxidational loss
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partial mud loss
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path loss
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permeation loss of gasoline
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piezoelectric loss
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pipe bend loss
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pipe loss
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plasma loss
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pointing loss
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power loss
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preparation loss
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pressure loss
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pressure rapid loss
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process loss
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propagation loss
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pumping loss
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radiant loss
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radiation loss
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reactive power loss
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real loss
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refining loss
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reflection loss
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refraction loss
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refrigeration loss
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regularity return loss
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reject loss
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relaxation loss
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residual loss
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resistance loss
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resonance loss
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restriction loss
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return loss
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rheostatic loss
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roasting loss
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rotational loss
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rusting loss
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salting loss
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scattering loss
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secondary loss
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self-demagnetization loss
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shadow loss
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sheath loss
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short-circuit loss
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shrinkage loss
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shutdown loss
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signing return loss
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slip loss
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specific loss
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spillover loss
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splicing loss
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spreading loss
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stack loss
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standby loss
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standing evaporation loss
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startup thermal loss
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steady-state loss
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storage loss
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strand loss
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stray-field loss
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stray-load loss
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supplementary loss
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tailing loss
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targeting loss
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temperature loss
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thickness loss
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torque retention loss
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total loss
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tracking loss
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transformer loss
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transition loss
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transmission line loss
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transmission loss
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treatment loss
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tropospheric loss
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turn-off power loss
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vaporization loss
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variable loss
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volatilization loss
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voltage loss
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volt-ampere loss
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volumetric loss
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wall loss
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warm-end loss
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water loss
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watt loss
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1. v страдать; испытывать, претерпеватьto suffer pain — испытывать боль, страдать от боли
to suffer from headaches — страдать от головных болей, страдать головными болями
2. v испытывать; подвергатьсяto suffer losses — терпеть убытки; нести потери
3. v быть наказанным; пострадать; отбывать наказание4. v терпеть, сносить, выносить5. v претерпевать, подвергаться6. v книжн. позволять, дозволять, допускатьСинонимический ряд:1. ail (verb) agonise; ail; droop; hurt; languish; sicken; writhe2. bear (verb) abide; accept; bear; brook; digest; endure; experience; feel; go; go through; have; know; lump; meet with; see; stand; stick out; stomach; support; sustain; swallow; sweat out; take; taste; undergo; withstand3. decline (verb) decline; deteriorate; lapse4. let (verb) admit; allow; grant; have; leave; let; permit; tolerate5. sorrow (verb) agonize; despair; grieve; lament; mourn; sorrowАнтонимический ряд:reject; repel; repudiate; resist -
7 allowance
n1) скидка или надбавка (с учетом чего-л., напр. скидка на утечку и т.п.)2) скидка с цены; уценка4) денежное пособие; командировочные5) разрешение; норма (на ввоз товаров)6) допущение9) тех. допуск
- accommodation allowance
- advertising allowance
- annual depreciation allowance
- assignment allowance
- bonus allowance
- capital allowances
- cash allowance
- children's allowance
- cost-of-living allowance
- daily allowance
- dependency allowance
- depletion allowance
- depreciation allowance
- duty-free allowance
- entertainment allowance
- expense allowance
- family allowance
- government cost-of-living allowance
- hospitality allowance
- housing allowance
- investment allowance
- language allowance
- living allowance
- loss allowance
- per diem allowance
- personal allowances
- promotion allowance
- provisional allowance
- quality allowance
- reject allowance
- relocation allowance
- remedy allowance
- sales allowance
- sales promotion allowance
- spoilage allowance
- standard expense allowance
- subsistence allowance
- tax allowance
- trade allowance
- trade-in allowance
- travel allowance
- travelling allowance
- weight allowance
- write-down allowance
- allowances against tax
- allowance for bad debt
- allowance for cash
- allowance for contingencies
- allowance for damage
- allowance for depreciation
- allowance for draft
- allowance for exchange loss
- allowance for moisture
- allowance for possible credit losses
- allowance for substandard goods
- allowance of credit
- allowance of credit facilities
- allowance of a trademark
- make allowance forEnglish-russian dctionary of contemporary Economics > allowance
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8 claim
1. n1) требование; претензия, притязание; заявление права; правопритязание2) иск; претензия; рекламация3) заявление, утверждение
- accessory claim
- additional claim
- admitted claim
- broad claim
- civil claim
- clearing claim
- commercial claim
- compensation claim
- conflicting claims
- contingent claim
- contract claim
- contractual claim
- correct claim
- counter claim
- damage claim
- debt claim
- default claim
- demurrage claim
- dependent claim
- disbursement claim
- disputed claim
- dormant claim
- draft claim
- drawback claim
- equitable claim
- fair claim
- false claim
- fictitious claim
- first claim
- foreign currency claim
- freight claim
- groundless claim
- heavy claim
- hypothecary claim
- income claim
- insurance claim
- interfering claim
- invalid claim
- irrevocable claim
- just claim
- justifiable claim
- justified claim
- lawful claim
- legal claim
- legitimate claim
- litigious claim
- main claim
- maintenance claim
- maritime claim
- monetary claim
- money claim
- mortgage claim
- narrow claim
- nonstatutory claim
- official claim
- omnibus claim
- overbroad claim
- patent claim
- payment claim
- pecuniary claim
- portal claims
- preceding claim
- preferential claim
- principal claim
- prior claim
- priority claim
- process claim
- product claim
- product liability claim
- quality claim
- quantity claim
- reasonable claim
- reciprocal claims
- reimbursement claim
- residual claim
- salvage claim
- settled claim
- shortage claim
- stale claim
- statutory claim
- supplementary claim
- tax claim
- tort claim
- total claim
- unjustified claim
- unlawful claim
- unreasonable claim
- unsettled claim
- valid claim
- wage claim
- warranty claim
- well-grounded claim
- claim for compensation
- claim for damage
- claim for damages
- claim for indemnification
- claim for indemnity
- claim for infringement
- claim for losses
- claim for money
- claim for refund
- claim in return
- claim of ownership
- claim of priority
- claim to priority
- claim to property
- claim under a contract
- claim arising under customs laws
- abandon a claim
- acknowledge a claim
- admit a claim
- advance a claim
- allow a claim
- assert a claim
- assign a claim
- bring a claim
- conflict with a claim
- conform with a claim
- consider a claim
- contest a claim
- decline a claim
- defeat a claim
- disallow a claim
- dismiss a claim
- dispute a claim
- enter a claim
- establish a claim
- file a claim
- frame a patent claim
- give up a claim
- handle claims
- justify a claim
- lay a claim
- lodge a claim
- make a claim
- make a counter claim
- meet a claim
- offset against a claim
- pay a claim
- prosecute a claim
- put forward a claim
- put in a claim
- refuse to satisfy the claim
- recognize a claim
- reject a claim
- relinquish a claim
- renounce a claim
- repudiate a claim
- resign a claim
- revoke a claim
- run a claim
- satisfy a claim
- settle a claim
- set up a claim
- substantiate a claim
- surrender a claim
- sustain a claim
- turn down a claim
- waive a claim
- withdraw a claim2. v1) требовать2) заявлять, утверждать
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1.1) требовать2) заявлять, утверждать•2.1) требование; претензия, притязание2) право, право требования3) иск; претензия; рекламация4) заявление, утверждение•Holders of first mortgage bonds have a claim or lien before other creditors on the mortgaged assets. — Держатели первой ипотечной облигации имеют преимущественное право на заложенные активы по сравнению с другими кредиторами.
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10 accept
1. v принимать; брать2. v соглашаться; реагировать положительно3. v признавать, принимать, допускать4. v верить5. v принимать как неизбежное; мириться6. v принимать; считать приемлемым или подходящим7. v преим. юр. парл. одобрить, утвердить8. v ком. акцептовать9. v тех. подходить, соответствовать; вставляться10. v биол. не вызывать отторженияСинонимический ряд:1. admit (verb) admit; receive; take in2. agree (verb) accede; acquiesce; agree; assent; consent3. apprehend (verb) apprehend; catch; compass; comprehend; conceive; cotton on to; cotton to; fathom; follow; grasp; make out; read; see; tumble to; twig4. approve (verb) approbate; approve; countenance; favor; favour; go for; hold with; subscribe to5. believe (verb) acknowledge; affirm; believe; hold; maintain; swallow; trust6. concur (verb) accede to; acquiesce in; acquiesce to; adopt; agree to; allow; assume; concede; concede to; concur; grant7. take (verb) abide; acquire; bear; bear with; brook; embrace; endure; pocket; receive; stand; stomach; suffer; support; sustain; take; tolerate; tough out; welcome8. understand (verb) appreciate; conclude; construe; interpret; understand9. welcome (verb) embrace; take up; welcomeАнтонимический ряд:decline; deny; disagree; disavow; discard; disown; dispute; ignore; refuse; reject; renounce -
11 bear
1. n медведь; медведица2. n медведь, неуклюжий человекbear sport — шумная, грубая игра
black bear — барибал, американский чёрный медведь
3. n медвежий мех4. n десятилетний бойскаут5. n бирж. проф. спекулянт, играющий на понижение, «медведь»6. n ручной дыропробивной пресс, медведка7. n метал. «козёл»8. v бирж. проф. играть на понижение9. v переносить, перевозитьto bear pain without flinching — переносить боль, не дрогнув
10. v книжн. носить, нестиbear losses — нести убытки; нести ущерб
11. v гнать, нестиbear away — унести, увести
12. v направляться, поворачиваться; держатьсяto bear in memory — помнить, запоминать, держать в памяти
13. v книжн. находиться, простираться14. v наводить15. v иметь, нести на себе16. v иметь, обладатьto bear date — иметь дату, быть датированным
bear that in mind! — запомни это!; имей это в виду!
to bear in mind — помнить; запоминать; иметь в виду
17. v выдерживать, нести тяжесть, нагрузку18. v опираться; стоять; нажимать, давитьa beam bearing on two uprights — брус, опирающийся на два столба
19. v иметь отношение к, быть связанным сto bear on — касаться, иметь отношение
20. v допускать, разрешатьhe spends more than his salary can bear — он тратит больше, чем позволяет ему жалованье
21. v рождать; производить на светborne by Eve, born of Eve — рождённый Евой
bear bore born — носить; перевозить; производить; выдерживать; выносить; терпеть; подтверждать; играть на понижение
22. v приносить плоды23. v держаться, вести себя24. n диал. ячмень25. n диал. наволочкаСинонимический ряд:1. animal (noun) animal; bear cub; black bear; grizzly; koala; panda; polar bear; teddy bear; Winnie the Pooh2. abide (verb) abide; accept; be capable of; brook; digest; endure; hold up under; lump; put up with; stand; stick out; stomach; suffer; swallow; sweat out; tolerate3. accompany (verb) accompany; attend; chaperon; companion; company; consort with; convoy; escort4. aim (verb) aim; bend; curve; deviate; turn; veer5. bear down (verb) bear down; drive; force; pressure; push; shove; thrust6. behave (verb) acquit; act; behave; comport; demean; deport; disport; do; go on; govern; move; operate; quit; succeed; work7. carry (verb) bring; buck; carry; conduct; convey; ferry; fetch; guide; have; lug; pack; possess; take; tote; transfer; transport8. demonstrate (verb) broadcast; demonstrate; display; exhibit; manifest; show; spread; transmit; utter9. head (verb) go; head; light out; make; set out; strike out; take off10. merit (verb) be worthy of; deserve; invite; merit; warrant11. nurse (verb) harbour; nurse12. press (verb) compress; constrain; crowd; crush; jam; press; squash; squeeze; squish; squush13. procreate (verb) beget; breed; generate; multiply; procreate; propagate; reproduce14. produce (verb) bring forth; deliver; give birth to; have a litter; litter; produce; spawn; turn out; yield15. relate (verb) affect; appertain; be pertinent; be relevant; bear on; concern; pertain; refer; relate; tend16. support (verb) carry on; keep up; maintain; remain firm; shoulder; support; sustain; upholdАнтонимический ряд:abort; avoid; decline; dodge; drop; eject; evade; expel; protest; pull; refuse; reject; repel; resent; shed; succumb -
12 discount
1. n ком. скидка, сбавкаto give 10% discount for cash — делать десятипроцентную скидку при условии расплаты наличными
trade discount — торговая скидка, продажа по сниженным ценам
allow a discount — предоставить скидку; сделать скидку
2. n фин. дисконт, учёт векселейdiscount a bill — учесть вексель; тратту
3. n фин. процент учёта4. v фин. дисконтировать, учитывать векселя5. v фин. снижать учётный процент при досрочной оплате векселяdiscount market — рынок коммерческих векселей; учетный рынок
6. v фин. ссужать под векселя при условии выплаты процентов вперёд7. v фин. снижать, сбавлять8. v фин. портить, омрачать; сводить на нетmy gains are largely discounted by my previous losses — мои приобретения почти уравновешиваются предшествующими потерями; мои прежние потери почти сводят на нет мои приобретения
9. v фин. не принимать в расчёт, во внимание; игнорироватьyou must discount half of what he says — половина того, что он говорит, не заслуживает доверия
take on discount — принимать к учету; учитывать
10. v фин. относиться скептически, не принимать на веру11. v фин. предвидеть неблагоприятные обстоятельства и стараться ослабить их действиеСинонимический ряд:1. allowance (noun) abatement; allowance; decrease; deduction; markdown; rebate; reduction; subtraction2. abate (verb) abate; allow; bate; rebate; remit3. decry (verb) abuse; belittle; cry down; decry; depreciate; derogate; detract; detract from; diminish; discredit; disparage; dispraise; downcry; downgrade; lower; minimise; minimize; opprobriate; reduce; reject; run down; take from; talk down; undersell; write off4. deduct (verb) deduct; draw back; knock off; substract; subtract; take; take away; take off; take out5. neglect (verb) blink at; blink away; disregard; elide; fail; forget; ignore; miss; neglect; omit; overleap; overlook; overpass; pass; pass by; pass over; pretermit; slight; slough over; slur overАнтонимический ряд:appreciate; increase; praise -
13 loss
1. n потеря, лишение2. n утрата, потеря3. n гибель4. n проигрыш; урон5. n ущерб, урон, убытокto have a loss, to meet with a loss — потерпеть ущерб, понести потерю
6. n воен. потериthe loss of life — потери в людях, потери убитыми
average filling loss — средние потери от больших "дыханий"
7. n спец. угар8. n спец. смыв9. n спец. утечкаСинонимический ряд:1. beating (noun) beating; defeat; rout; upset2. catastrophe (noun) catastrophe; harm; injury; misfortune; mishap3. damage (noun) confusion; damage; destruction; detriment; devastation; disadvantage; havoc; ruin; ruination; toll; waste4. deprivation (noun) deprival; deprivation; deprivement; dispossession; divestiture; expenditure; forfeiture; penalty; privation5. losing (noun) losing; mislaying; misplacement; misplacingАнтонимический ряд:acquisition; advancement; advantage; amendment; augmentation; capture; economy; elevation; emolument; fortune; gain; improvement; preservation; procurement; profit; victory
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