cobrar
cash in ; charge ; exact + payment ; levy + charge ; debit ; get + paid.
They have implemented a voluntary system for libraries of charging for photocopies with flat-rate 5 franc tokens, which can either be re-used by the recipient or cashed in for 4 francs.
Information providers pay a fee to British Telecom, and may then charge users for each frame that they consult.
Excessive emphasis on the need to exact payment will stifle the flow of information.
Accordingly, the local library committee decided to levy a charge of 15 cents on each book borrowed, with suitable reductions for the elderly.
An acquisitions file is intended to indicate the status of each title on order, together with information on its ordering (supplier, date etc., for whom it was ordered, and the heading or budget to which the cost is to be debited).
Unfortunately, sending an invoice doesn't always result in getting paid.
Algo por lo que se puede cobrar
billable
This library can only e furnished with commercial products if usage is billable and protected.
cobrar comisión
charge + commission
They need to reassess these methods and such questions as the acceptability of the amount of commission charged.
cobrar confianza
gain + confidence (with/in)
This assignment was designed to help students gain confidence in using print and computerized sources.
cobrar en un trabajo
job + pay
No matter how much more another job pays or how much more a person would like another part of the country or another job, the person should stay put for a minimum of two years.
cobrar fuerza
gather + strength
grow in + power
gain + strength
This north/south cooperation is a five-year-old initiative that is now gathering strength = Esta cooperación norte-sur es una iniciativa que cumple cinco años y que ahora está ganando fuerza.
Personal computers continue to grow in power and come down in price, but the field has become much more confusing since Apr 87.
In order to gain strength fast, you need to immediately begin amping up your strength thermostat in your mind.
cobrar ímpetu
gain + momentum
gather + strength
gain + impetus
Research into information retrieval has been gaining momentum, but not enough attention is given to its basis.
This north/south cooperation is a five-year-old initiative that is now gathering strength = Esta cooperación norte-sur es una iniciativa que cumple cinco años y que ahora está ganando fuerza.
The trend towards globalisation in publishing has gained impetus from the European Community's plans to create a single market by the end of 1992.
cobrar importancia
assume + importance
take on + added weight
move up + the agenda
gain + importance
be on the agenda
A topic such as metal fatigue assumed a new importance in the 1950s as the unexpected cause of at least two major disasters.
This basic principle of marketing takes on added weight when applied to US Federal information programmes in the light of their instrumental value = Este principio básico del marketing cobrar importancia cuando se aplica a los programas de información federal americanos a la vista de su valor instrumental.
Concerns about trafficking in arms has moved rapidly up the international agenda.
The effective use of library resources is critical to the success of international students, a group which is gaining importance in US higher education.
The prime minister said at the annual dinner that the issue was 'back on the agenda with a vengeance'.
cobrar impulso
gain + strength
In order to gain strength fast, you need to immediately begin amping up your strength thermostat in your mind.
cobrar intensidad
gather + momentum
gain + momentum
pick up + speed
gather + pace
The incentive to make library services more relevant to the community became increasingly urgent from the mid-seventies as the attacks on local government finance gathered momentum.
Research into information retrieval has been gaining momentum, but not enough attention is given to its basis.
This natural ebb and flow necessarily picks up speed as change accelerates.
The author looks at the likely future shifts in economic structures in advanced economies, as the information age replaces the industrial era, and regionalism gathers pace.
cobrar nuevo entusiasmo
develop + renewed enthusiasm
Library operations have been streamlined and the staff have developed renewed enthusiasm = Se han racionalizado las operaciones bibliotecarias y el personal ha recobrado entusiasmo.
cobrar relevancia
be on the agenda
The prime minister said at the annual dinner that the issue was 'back on the agenda with a vengeance'.
cobrarse
face + charges
be billable
Users pay a fee for the equipment, but otherwise face no charges for use.
This library can only be furnished with commercial products if usage is billable and protected.
cobrarse muchas vidas
take + a heavy toll of life
Weather-related and other natural disasters, including hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and tsunamis, take a heavy toll of life each year.
cobrarse + Posesivo + vida
claim + Posesivo + life
In this book, written out of much grief and anguish, Kenny explores the drug culture that claimed the lives of her two nephews.
cobrar tarifa
charge + commission
They need to reassess these methods and such questions as the acceptability of the amount of commission charged.
cobrar una cuota
charge + fee
Wilson charge a flat one-time fee for backfiles of each data base which equals a one-year subscription to that file.
cobrar una deuda
collect + a debt
The likelihood of being able to collect the debt at this point decreases with each passing day.
cobrar una factura
collect + payment
receive + payment
No one likes to deal with collecting payments on medical bills.
There are a number of ways we can help you receive payments from overseas - some will incur costs and others are free of charge.
cobrar una multa
charge + fine
If the document is returned within the grace period, no fine is charged.
cobrar una pensión
draw + a pension
Some of them will not be drawing a pension for at least 40 years.
cobrar un precio
charge + price
The Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) charges the same prices to all networks, but the networks add varying surcharges, dues, and markups to the OCLC prices.
cobrar velocidad
gather + momentum
gather + pace
The incentive to make library services more relevant to the community became increasingly urgent from the mid-seventies as the attacks on local government finance gathered momentum.
The author looks at the likely future shifts in economic structures in advanced economies, as the information age replaces the industrial era, and regionalism gathers pace.
cobrar vida
come + alive
come to + life
liven up
spring to + life
This article describes how authors of children's books create heroes with words and how illustrators make the heroes come alive with pictures.
Italy, on the other hand, came to life only in the last ten odd minutes of their game against Slovakia.
Here are ten fun ways to liven up your average train journey.
Native plants, birds and other critters in my beautiful wildlife garden are springing to life.
por el que se puede cobrar
chargeable
Libraries are having to decide at what point a service should become chargeable without creating a disadvantage to those who cannot pay = Las bibliotecas tienen que decidir cuándo se debería cobrar por un servicio sin crear un problema para los que no pueden pagar.
sin certeza de cobrar [Abreviatura de on speculation usada para indicar que se hace un trabajo pero sin ninguna seguridad de que al final se cobrará por él]
on spec
Sometimes writers who have trouble publishing will write on spec because it is more important for them to be published than to get paid.
sin cobrar
free of charge
unredeemed
uncollected
Law centres employ qualified lawyers and they receive a waiver from the Law Society that allows them to provide their services free of charge.
Before an unredeemed dog is sold to a new owner, the poundkeeper may require that such dog be held under observation in a veterinary hospital.
As the economy has nosedived, hospitals have seen their uncollected debt increase - from low, single digits to more than 5 percent.