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Meaning: [acquisition in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/acquisition/). - La bibliothèque s'est dotée de nombreuses nouvelles **acquisitions**. The library has many new **acquisitions**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and hecko · checked, community translation · [\#270704](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/270704) [\#1763166](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1763166)) - Contrôle de l'**acquisition** et de la détention d'armes (vote) Control of the **acquisition** and possession of weapons (vote) ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1002954) - l'interdiction de procéder à des **acquisitions**; a ban on **acquisitions**; ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 3794709) - a) **Acquisition** de matériel (a) **Acquisition** of equipment ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 4409357) - Regarder des films peut-il vraiment aider à l'**acquisition** du langage ? Can watching movies really aid in language **acquisition**? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by unetoilebrille and Nuel · checked, community translation · [\#13204580](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13204580) [\#13206476](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13206476)) ## purchase Used about 1 368 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 17 · legal and administrative ≈ 743 · UN documents ≈ 600). Meaning: [purchase in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/purchase/). - Ils économisent leur argent pour l'**acquisition** d'une maison. They are saving their money for the **purchase** of a house. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#306243](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/306243) [\#486590](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/486590)) - Après que j’eus remis le contrat d’**acquisition** à Baruc, fils de Nérija, j’adressai cette prière à l’Éternel: Now after I had delivered the deed of the **purchase** to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD, saying, ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 32:16) - En 1996, 200.000 écus ont été attribués à Radio 101 en vue de l'**acquisition** de nouveaux matériels. In 1996 ECU 200, 000 was allocated to Radio 101 to **purchase** new equipment. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1668814) - Construction, **acquisition** \* ou modernisation de biens immeubles Construction, **purchase** (\*) or modernisation of immovable property ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 787128) - 6. Conformément aux accords conclus, on prévoit l ' **acquisition** de 4 900 wagons de marchandises en 2007. 6. Contracts have been concluded for the **purchase** of 4,900 freight wagons in 2007. ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 17315403) ## procurement Used about 1 230 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 51 · legal and administrative ≈ 279 · UN documents ≈ 900). Meaning: [procurement in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/procurement/). - Il aurait avant tout dû être possible d'ajouter l'aspect des **acquisitions** à la définition des contrats hors établissement. Above all, it could have been possible to add the **procurement** element to the definition of off-premises contracts. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1587506) - Le DTSRC effectue une grande partie des **acquisitions** au profit de la DIO. The DTSRC handles much of the **procurement** for the DIO ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 1710231) - :: Volet A: **Acquisition** et distribution de: Component A: **Procurement** and distribution of: ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 27940538) - Nous ne considérons pas que le respect des exigences de la force de réaction rapide doive constituer la "priorité absolue" pour les **acquisitions** en matière de défense. We do not consider that meeting the requirements of the ERRF should be the "absolute priority" for defence **procurement**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 313399) - Société écran de l'AIO, participant à des **acquisitions** dans le domaine balistique. Front company for the AIO, taking part in ballistics **procurement** ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 1710250) ## equipment Used about 803 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 17 · legal and administrative ≈ 186 · UN documents ≈ 600). Meaning: [equipment in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/equipment/). - Enfin, les incitations communautaires visant à ce que les États membres fassent l’**acquisition** d’équipements lourds destinés au contrôle de la pêche devraient être renforcées. Lastly, Community incentives for Member States to acquire fisheries control heavy **equipment** should be strengthened. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 583865) - Remises de TVA sur les **acquisitions** d'équipements de fabrication chinoise réalisées par les SCE VAT rebates on FIE purchases of Chinese-made **equipment** ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 3044856) - Fournir des équipements et des véhicules au système pénitentiaire en finançant leur **acquisition** Acquire **equipment** and vehicles for the prison system. ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 29359162) - L'amendement 2 augmente le pourcentage de financement communautaire pour les **acquisitions** ou la modernisation de matériels d'inspection et de surveillance de 30 % à 35 %. Amendment No 2 raises the percentage of Community funding for acquiring and modernising inspection and control **equipment** from 30% to 35%. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 184016) - équipements d’**acquisition** sonar traitant la vitesse par corrélation présentant l’une des caractéristiques suivantes: Correlation-velocity sonar log **equipment** having any of the following characteristics: ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 3743655) ## assets Used about 186 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 186). Meaning: [assets in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/assets/). - qui sont des actifs financiers dépréciés dès leur **acquisition** ou leur création. that are purchased or originated credit-impaired financial **assets**. ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 4104385) - exonérations de TVA et de droits de douane pour les **acquisitions** d'actifs immobilisés dans le cadre du programme de développement du commerce extérieur. VAT and tariff exemptions for purchases of fixed **assets** under the Foreign Trade Development Programme ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 3438905) ## mergers Used about 26 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 26). - De fait, les restructurations, les fusions et les **acquisitions** ont souvent des conséquences dramatiques. Restructuring, **mergers** and takeovers do indeed often have dramatic consequences. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 153951) - Madame la Présidente, la délégation de l'EPLP a voté en faveur du texte de conciliation sur les fusions et les **acquisitions**. Madam President, the EPLP delegation voted in favour of the **mergers** and takeover conciliation text. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 214466) - La grande réussite de l’euro, comme l’a souligné le président de la Commission, est que les fusions et les **acquisitions** se déroulent plus rapidement. The great success of the euro, as the President of the Commission has pointed out, is that **mergers** and takeovers are proceeding apace. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 786865) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Elle a fait l'**acquisition** d'un service à thé. She bought a tea set. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and blay\_paul · checked, community translation · [\#313597](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/313597) [\#968222](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/968222)) - À quel effet en avez-vous fait l'**acquisition** ? What did you buy it for? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#24859](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/24859) [\#1585282](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1585282)) - Je dispose d'assez d'argent pour faire son **acquisition**. I have enough money to buy it. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2080069](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2080069) [\#2080589](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2080589)) ## Grammar Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [French grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/fr/) · [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [translating between English and French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-fr/) · [translating from French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-fr/) · [translating into English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-en/). ## About these examples Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. 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