compra
acquisition ; procurement ; purchase ; purchasing ; shopping ; buy-out ; buying ; shopping order ; buy-in ; propertisation [propertization, -USA].
Mergers and acquisitions are playing an increasing important part in corporate strategies, stimulated by the scramble for market position in the new Europe.
In 1983 the EC funded contracts which entailed the procurement of goods and services amounting to 400 million pounds.
These details are primarily useful as a record of expenditure or to organisations or individuals contemplating the purchase of a work.
Research libraries use them to fill in titles that may have been missed in the initial round of purchasing.
CACs have dealt with pre-shopping advice, education on consumers' rights and complaints about goods and services, advising the client and often obtaining expert assessments.
The book and serial industry has recently witnessed several takeovers, buy-outs, and mergers.
The library has a centre for buying, cataloguing and storing microform, audio-visual media and other non-book material.
This would herald the age of computer commuting, with customers dialling for bank statements and shopping orders.
The seminar will deal with the processes of developing and ensuring corporate buy-in to a digital preservation policy.
Of course, the open source zealots are still likely to be up in arms about what they perceive to be propertisation of communal intellectual resources.
adquisición por compra o intercambio [Adquisición de documentos por compra o intercambio]
non-gratuitous acquisition
The acquisition of documents through purchase or exchange is known as non-gratuitous acquisition.
agente inteligente de compras
shopping agent
Shopping agents are intelligent agents that do shopping.
anuncio de compra-venta
classified ad
classified advertisement
Users will have access to information such as constantly updated travel schedules, news and weather, stock market quotations and classified ads.
The People's Electronic Exchange, from US Information Services, is an on-line service which provides the electronic version of classified advertisements in a national newspaper.
asesoramiento antes de la compra
pre-shopping advice
Some consumer advice centres would not only handle complaints but also provided pre-shopping advice, combined with attractive exhibitions, leaflets, price-comparison tables, and other consumer education activities.
bolsa de la compra
shopping bag
grocery bag
carrier bag
carrier bag
In some libraries, shopping bags and briefcases must be deposited in lockers or a left-luggage area in the library foyer to prevent their use in smuggling out items which have not been issued.
Carrying cases, such as briefcases, knapsacks, and grocery bags were the second most common possessions held by patrons working in the library.
Most of England's public footpaths will have at least one sloe bush on its route, and a very pleasant afternoon can be spent foraging the hedgerows for a carrier-bag full.
Seven major supermarkets have reached an agreement to halve the number of carrier bags being handed out in stores around the UK.
bolsa para la compra
shopping bag
carrier bag
carrier bag
In some libraries, shopping bags and briefcases must be deposited in lockers or a left-luggage area in the library foyer to prevent their use in smuggling out items which have not been issued.
Most of England's public footpaths will have at least one sloe bush on its route, and a very pleasant afternoon can be spent foraging the hedgerows for a carrier-bag full.
Seven major supermarkets have reached an agreement to halve the number of carrier bags being handed out in stores around the UK.
buena compra
good buy
The author concludes that, increased costs notwithstanding, US library-produced 35mm microfilm continues to be a 'good buy'.
carrito de la compra
shopping trolley
shopping cart
The article 'A cyberspace shopping trolley' discusses the challenges of online bookselling and the worries publishers have about it.
Features like authentication, shopping carts, portals for specific user-groups, and ILL can easily be added - perhaps making the digital experience seem virtual.
carro de la compra
shopping cart
shopping trolley
Features like authentication, shopping carts, portals for specific user-groups, and ILL can easily be added - perhaps making the digital experience seem virtual.
The article 'A cyberspace shopping trolley' discusses the challenges of online bookselling and the worries publishers have about it.
catálogo comercial de compra por correo
mail order catalogue
Telephone books, office files, and mail order catalogs are all examples of commonly used databases.
cesta de la compra
food bill
shopping basket
food basket
There is a way that we can all reduce the cost of our food bill and it involves adopting the 'waste not, want not' attitudes of our grandparents and great grandparents.
If you wish to buy a book, find it in the catalogue and click the add or buy this book button to add it to your shopping basket.
Several studies have shown that a healthy food basket is more expensive and the items in the basket are less available in poorer urban areas.
cesta de la compra, la
cost of living index
A cost of living index compares the average cost of living in a particular area with the average cost of living elsewhere.
compañía de compra por alquiler [Sistema de compra normalmente de aparatos eléctricos, televisores, etc por el que éstos pasan a ser propiedad del usuario tras el pago de un determinado número de mensualidades a modo de alquiler]
hire-purchase company
These are some of the questions the librarian may have to answer: 'Can you recommend a baby-sitter I can trust?', 'How can I stop the hire-purchase company taking back my furniture?', 'Which is the best shoe repairer's in the neighbourhood?'.
compra a plazos apartando el producto [Según este sistema el cliente "aparta" el producto y no se lo lleva hasta que ha terminado de pagarlo] [Según este sistema el cliente "aparta" el producto y no se lo lleva hasta que ha terminado de pagarlo]
layaway
lay-by
Layaway or lay-by is a system where the customer gives the store a deposit on merchandise, which is held until a later date when the customer completes payment in full or through installments.
Layaway or lay-by is a system where the customer gives the store a deposit on merchandise, which is held until a later date when the customer completes payment in full or through installments.
compra compulsiva
impulse shopping
Impulse shopping has led to impulse circulation and impulse reference requests and the layout of the library reflects this retail concept.
compra de acciones
shareholding
The article 'Raiding the World Bank' explains how the World Bank operates, shareholding, the initiation of loan proposals, and lending to education projects.
compra de libros
book buying [book-buying]
book supply
book purchasing
Towards the end of the sixteenth century, about 1598, Sir Thomas Bodley was preparing to go on a book-buying expedition for the library.
The easiest and most efficient method for book supply is to use a bookseller who provides all the books.
The effect would be a shift in book purchasing away from UK to US publishers.
compra desaforada
shopping spree
What he actually brings home from his shopping spree is dependent on further factors, such as the actual availability of the goods or his resources.
compra desde casa
armchair shopping
The article 'armchair shopping in Bradford' describes the Centrepoint Scheme based on a viewdata network having 50 terminals linked to a microcomputer, one of which is based in a library, which is both a teleshopping and local information service.
compra de una compañía por otra
corporate takeover
This article describes a system designed to parse and understand short newspaper stories in the subject area of corporate takeovers and takeover bids.
compra en línea
online shopping
The article 'Where to go shopping - the online way' describes recent developments in online shopping using a modem from home.
compra impulsiva [Compra hecha por el impulso del momento más que de un modo premeditado]
impulse buy
In total 47 per cent of all books bought were impulse buys and this comprised 42 per cent of books sold by cash value.
compra por correo
mail-order
The cheapest of these machines costs under $100 and they can be bought in stores, supermarkets and by mail-order.
compras de última hora
last-minute shopping
Today many major cities and towns around the world are going to be thronged with shoppers doing last-minute shopping before Christmas Day.
compras fuera de acuerdos con proveedores [Usado generalmente en el contexto de las empresas o instituciones] [Usado generalmente en el contexto de las empresas o instituciones]
maverick spending
rogue spending
To successfully maintain control over your financial condition, saddling maverick spending must become a mission of every employee.
This is not to say that only companies with unmanaged infrastructures suffer the scourge of rogue spending.
compra-venta de coches
auto dealer
Auto dealers are forcing newspapers to choose between their pocketbooks and their principles.
comprobante de compra
proof of purchase
If you no longer have a valid proof of purchase, warranty coverage will be determined by the manufacturing date code.
derecho preferente de compra
preemption [pre-emption]
Companies mounted a successful campaign for federal preemption of all local moratoriums that communities had used to buy more time to assess issues, risks, and opportunities.
descuento por compra al por mayor
bulk deal
bulk rate
bulk rate discount
Pharmaceutical companies have made bulk deals with governments where they still make substantial profits while charging much less for the prescriptions.
The bulk rate is 30 percent off of any order over 10 copies.
All bulk rate discounts require a single person to be responsible for billing and payment to be made by a single check or other form of payment.
día de compras
shopping trip
She was murdered after a Christmas shopping trip to Leeds with her best friend.
escritura de compra
deed of purchase
The final signature of the deed of purchase takes place at the Notary's office.
fiebre de las compras
shopping fever
Malls with hundreds of stores offering the latest designs and pleasant surroundings all under one roof can spark shopping fever.
garantía de compra
proof of purchase
If you no longer have a valid proof of purchase, warranty coverage will be determined by the manufacturing date code.
hábito de compra
shopping habit
buying habit
purchasing habit
consumption habit
The author discusses the effects of the reform of the Sunday shopping hours on national shopping habits.
There are firms that can compile profiles of users' buying habits based on the type of Web transactions and user behaviour recorded from the Web and sell this information on to other bodies.
In the general book market, however, there is still a great deal of variety in purchasing habits.
Between the ages of nine and twelve, children develop consumption habits that will stay with them for the rest of their lives.
hacer compras
do + shopping
Shopping agents are intelligent agents that do shopping.
hacer una compra
make + a purchase
A librarian should be as unwilling to allow an enquirer to leave the library with his question unanswered as a shop-keeper is to have a customer go out of his store without making a purchase.
ir de compras
go + shopping
The article 'Where to go shopping - the online way' describes recent developments in online shopping using a modem from home.
lista de compra
shopping list
When you arrive at the check-out desk you have a laden trolley and many more items than on your shopping list.
mejor compra
best buy
DVD players, CD players, speakers and cassette decks that have provisions for expanding a stereo system into a complete home theater are the recommended best buys.
oferta de compra de una compañía por otra
takeover bid
This article describes a system designed to parse and understand short newspaper stories in the subject area of corporate takeovers and takeover bids.
opción de compra
buying option
purchasing option
This buyers guide provides information on needs assessment, buying options, and decision making tips when acquiring a new school athletic track.
The author outlines the benefits and drawbacks of e-journals and discusses pricing and purchasing options.
opción de compra de acciones
stock option
The lures to keep the employees include given them 'golden handcuffs' in the form of bonuses that are not payable until the end of a year or stock options that vest over time.
orden de compra
purchase order
The data were obtained through a detailed analysis of 400 purchase orders from each of the five dealers.
plan de compra
purchase plan
This guide to punch press selection examines the advantages/disadvantages of available machine designs and stresses how workpiece size and shape is critical to every purchase plan.
política de compras
purchasing policy
Anita Brack follows the liberal purchasing policy and her reasons include the opinion that censorship is opportunistic and random in its effect.
precio de compra
purchase price
The price of the demonstration disk is relatively modest and is normally deducted from the full purchase price.
precio especial por compra al por mayor
bulk deal
Pharmaceutical companies have made bulk deals with governments where they still make substantial profits while charging much less for the prescriptions.
préstamo para compra de coche
car loan
The loan can be a mortgage, car loan, or any other simple interest amortization over a fixed time with fixed monthly payments.
presupuesto para la compra de libros
book funds [bookfunds]
Despite carefully framed acquistions policy statements regarding fiction in actual fact libraries allocate only a small percentage of their meagre book funds to fiction.
presupuesto para la compra de material
materials budget
It is vital that librarians manage effectively the allocation of the materials budget and the development of the collections as the purchasing power of the materials budget declines.
prueba de compra
proof of purchase
If you no longer have a valid proof of purchase, warranty coverage will be determined by the manufacturing date code.
sección de compras [Sección de una biblioteca que se encarga de la compra de libros] [Sección de una biblioteca que se encarga de la compra de libros]
acquisitions department
order department
Nobody outside of the acquisitions department gives a damn about the prices of books.
It is important to make sure that there is close liaison between the cataloguing department and the order department, otherwise cards are liable to be ordered twice or in insufficient quantity to meet the total demand.
servicio de compra por televisión
teleshopping service
The article 'Armchair shopping in Bradford' describes the Centrepoint Scheme based on a viewdata network having 50 terminals linked to a microcomputer, one of which is based in a library, which is both a teleshopping and local information service.
servicio de compras [Conjunto de actividades que realiza el departamento de compras de una biblioteca relacionadas con el pedido y el proceso técnico de los documentos que una biblioteca recibe]
acquisition(s) service
This article deals with the problems of providing library collection and acquisitions services to off-campus university students throughout a sparsely populated region of northeastern Ontario in Canada.
tienda de compras por Internet
online store
Their online store stocks more than 3 million shoes in addition to handbags, clothing items and accessories - from over one thousand brands!.
viaje de compras
shopping trip
She was murdered after a Christmas shopping trip to Leeds with her best friend.
