affaire

Definitions of affaire
  1. noun
    a rightful concern or responsibility
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    ennui, inquiétude, souci
    something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
  2. noun
    the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement)
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    conséquence, effet, résultat
    something that results
  3. noun
    an advantageous purchase
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    achat, acquisition
    something acquired by purchase
  4. noun
    a particular instance of buying or selling
    synonyms: commerce, marché, échange
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    type of:
    transaction
    the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities)
  5. noun
    a problem requiring investigation
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    problème
    a question raised for consideration or solution
  6. noun
    the volume of commercial activity
    synonyms: commerce
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    commerce, patronage
    the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
    clientèle
    habitual patronage
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    activité commerciale
    activity undertaken as part of a commercial enterprise
  7. noun
    a vaguely specified concern
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    intérêt
    something that interests you because it is important or affects you
  8. noun
    an action brought to recover damages from a person whose actions have resulted indirectly in injury or loss
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    violation de propriété
    a wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages
  9. noun
    a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong
    synonyms: acte, poursuite judiciaire, procès
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    affaire-test, procès-pilote
    a representative legal action whose outcome is likely to become a precedent
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    procédure légale
    (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
  10. noun
    the act of apportioning or distributing something
    synonyms: marché
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    répartition
    the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
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