In English, many things are named after a particular country – but have you ever wondered what those things are called in those countries?
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(relations/studies/premises) comercialcommercial law — derecho mercantil / comercial masculine- These agreements seek to apply commercial rules to all areas of policy, paying little regard to social or environmental impacts.
- His approach is to take over ageing sites, invest in them and turn them into modern, highly attractive commercial concerns.
- Such banks conducted the usual banking activities but their activities were confined to purely commercial transactions.
- For example, we moved into investment banking, and when commercial banking was opened, we moved into commercial banking.
- Further, it is implicit in a commercial agreement of this kind that the terms of the new price structure are to be fair and reasonable as between the parties.
- The report found that Bulgaria had strict and wide-ranging banking, tax and commercial secrecy laws.
- The structure of assets changed for another successive year, moving from treasury components to commercial banking.
- Accordingly, he arranged new commercial agreements with nearly a dozen countries in western and central Europe during his first two years in office.
- This is a private commercial agreement between them worth millions.
- The contract is subject to detailed conditions as laid out in the commercial agreement between Samtel and Thomson.
- Residents voiced their concerns on the increased commercial development in the area in June when news of another development first surfaced.
- Will technological advances, fuel costs and environmental concerns bring back commercial sailing for cargo ships?
- He said that as a state company, they might engage in commercial activities that could help finance its efforts to keep rice prices stable.
- However, it was arguably the activities of commercial rivals, not concerns about bad publicity, which finally made the bank back down.
- It is now finalizing a commercial agreement with Spain's second largest airline.
- In the meantime, they and the proposed mobile providers would be engaged in commercial negotiations on rates.
- These people were employed by the government in the lower levels of the colonial bureaucracy and engaged in local commercial activities.
- Firstly, it seems that courts will protect commercial agreements made with the express object of preventing unwanted publicity.
- To that end, in 1991 the government awarded banking licenses to 16 new commercial banks.
- A commercial agreement is between the parties concerned and should have nothing to do with what anyone else wants.
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(viable)it's not a commercial proposition — no es rentable3
(popular)(music/cinema) comercial- However, Williams insists any decision concerning the player's future will be based on football issues rather than his commercial value.
- Today most of the films are having more of commercial value than quality and are packed with themes and scenes that can match the taste of youth.
- There's an element that makes them very commercial yet still very cool.
- For the time being, such work pursues purely commercial purposes.
- Rahul is seen as a ‘serious’ actor who stars in art films rather than mainstream commercial Bollywood releases.
- I mean sometimes people get upset because we don't want to make something commercial.
- They will be particularly disappointed if the field is found to be commercial after all.
- But rewind for just a second - when did student magazines become so commercial?
- Seems to have been written as a book to exploit commercial interest rather than having much of anything to say.
- They call it hardcore, rather than commercial world music.
- However, as Sue is a long-time reader rather than a passing commercial opportunist, we'll let her get away with it.
- He had choreographed Broadway shows, and had become commercial and flamboyant.
- Except that the purists say it's not opera, but rather some commercial manipulation thereof.
- It celebrates not only Christmas but the artistic and commercial peak of the golden age of popular song writing.
- I think it's a shame if people think Easter has become too commercial.
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(unrefined)sin refinar- An incorporated trait of resistance to a commercial pesticide might conceivably show up in other plants.
- The shipping costs of both bulk chemicals and commercial formulas have been omitted.
- Most commercial chemical repellents contain either Deet or Permethrin.
- Almost 50 percent of the world's commercial hydrogen now comes from natural gas.
- In its most broad definition, Mr. James believes, to garden organically is to do so without the aid of commercial chemicals.
- Many also apply commercial nitrogen fertilizer, since there's no way to know exactly how much nitrogen is in the manure.
- An alternative to the commercial fungicide would be a mixture of baking soda and water.
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Television Radio
(advertisement)spot publicitario masculineanuncio masculineaviso masculine Latin Americacomercial masculine Latin America- Commuters said they wanted a quiet journey home rather than listening to advertising commercials and news broadcasts.
- He figures he has had a good run, even appearing in a Spanish television commercial for a sportswear company.
- Have you seen commercials on television imploring you to use less water?
- In fact, the company featured her in a television commercial promoting its contributions to these communities.
- The second stage of advertising, which includes television commercials, is not expected until March.
- Its mass marketing includes print advertisements and radio and television commercials.
- I nodded slowly, glancing back at the television which was thankfully showing commercials.
- They must have heard about my business through the radio commercials that I've done.
- Both national and local talk radio hosts do more than carry commercials on their programs.
- During a recent trip to California I found myself watching a television commercial about cars.
- The extra minutes would also allow German broadcasters to jam in more commercials during televised matches.
- The television commercial will hit the screens tomorrow.
- The youth's parents said they got the idea to talk to their son after watching a government-funded commercial on television.
- He allowed them to film him for a television commercial.
- I remembered watching the trailer to the film in a television commercial.
- Consider that when you see a commercial for a blatantly wasteful product.
- The only extra is a collection of commercials advertising the show on Japanese television.
- He is sure that the commercial will ‘encourage people to come here for a holiday.’
- The company is re-running some of its classic beans TV commercials from next week and will ask the public for their say.
- The story reaches a dramatic moment, so it is time for a television commercial.
2also commercial vehicle
British(for passengers) vehículo de transporte público masculine(for goods) vehículo usado para repartos, transporte de mercancías etc
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