Compra in english
pronunciation: pɜrtʃəs part of speech: noun, verb
compra = acquisition ; procurement ; purchase ; purchasing ; shopping ; buy-out ; buying ; shopping order ; buy-in ; propertisation [propertization, -USA].
Example: Mergers and acquisitions are playing an increasing important part in corporate strategies, stimulated by the scramble for market position in the new Europe.Example: In 1983 the EC funded contracts which entailed the procurement of goods and services amounting to 400 million pounds.Example: These details are primarily useful as a record of expenditure or to organisations or individuals contemplating the purchase of a work.Example: Research libraries use them to fill in titles that may have been missed in the initial round of purchasing.Example: 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.Example: The book and serial industry has recently witnessed several takeovers, buy-outs, and mergers.Example: The library has a centre for buying, cataloguing and storing microform, audio-visual media and other non-book material.Example: This would herald the age of computer commuting, with customers dialling for bank statements and shopping orders.Example: The seminar will deal with the processes of developing and ensuring corporate buy-in to a digital preservation policy.Example: 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.more:
» adquisición por compra o intercambio = non-gratuitous acquisition [Adquisición de documentos por compra o intercambio] .
Example: The acquisition of documents through purchase or exchange is known as non-gratuitous acquisition.» agente inteligente de compras = shopping agent .
Example: Shopping agents are intelligent agents that do shopping.» anuncio de compra-venta = classified ad ; classified advertisement .
Example: Users will have access to information such as constantly updated travel schedules, news and weather, stock market quotations and classified ads. Example: 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 .
Example: 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 .
Example: 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. Example: Carrying cases, such as briefcases, knapsacks, and grocery bags were the second most common possessions held by patrons working in the library. Example: 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. Example: 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 .
Example: 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. Example: 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. Example: 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 .
Example: 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 .
Example: The article 'A cyberspace shopping trolley' discusses the challenges of online bookselling and the worries publishers have about it. Example: 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 .
Example: Features like authentication, shopping carts, portals for specific user-groups, and ILL can easily be added -- perhaps making the digital experience seem virtual. Example: 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 .
Example: 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 .
Example: 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. Example: 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. Example: 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 .
Example: 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 = hire-purchase company [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] .
Example: 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 = layaway [Según este sistema el cliente "aparta" el producto y no se lo lleva hasta que ha terminado de pagarlo] ; lay-by [Según este sistema el cliente "aparta" el producto y no se lo lleva hasta que ha terminado de pagarlo] .
Example: 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. Example: 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 comparativa = comparative shopping ; comparison shopping .
Example: People already regularly use their mobile devices for comparative shopping when paying visits to brick-and-mortar retailers. Example: Nextag.com is a comparison shopping site which lets shoppers haggle in real-time directly with suppliers.» compra compulsiva = impulse shopping .
Example: 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 .
Example: 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 coches = car buying .
Example: Whether horse trading in the early twentieth century or car buying today, haggling over prices has been the common practice of buyers and sellers alike.» compra de libros = book buying [book-buying] ; book supply ; book purchasing .
Example: Towards the end of the sixteenth century, about 1598, Sir Thomas Bodley was preparing to go on a book-buying expedition for the library. Example: The easiest and most efficient method for book supply is to use a bookseller who provides all the books. Example: The effect would be a shift in book purchasing away from UK to US publishers.» compra desaforada = shopping spree .
Example: 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 .
Example: 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 .
Example: This article describes a system designed to parse and understand short newspaper stories in the subject area of corporate takeovers and takeover bids.» compra de vivienda = home purchase ; house buying .
Example: You can choose from various types of mortgage loans to finance your home purchase. Example: But for now, consider the five-year rule of house buying -- that is, when deciding to buy a home, assume that you'll stay in it for at least five years.» compra en línea = online shopping .
Example: The article 'Where to go shopping - the online way' describes recent developments in online shopping using a modem from home.» compra impulsiva = impulse buy [Compra hecha por el impulso del momento más que de un modo premeditado] ; impulse purchase .
Example: In total 47 per cent of all books bought were impulse buys and this comprised 42 per cent of books sold by cash value. Example: It's not unusual to be more hard-up for cash in summer than during other seasons, because you're likely making more impulse purchases.» compra por correo = mail-order .
Example: 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 .
Example: 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 = maverick spending [Usado generalmente en el contexto de las empresas o instituciones] ; rogue spending [Usado generalmente en el contexto de las empresas o instituciones] .
Example: To successfully maintain control over your financial condition, saddling maverick spending must become a mission of every employee. Example: This is not to say that only companies with unmanaged infrastructures suffer the scourge of rogue spending.» compra-venta de coches = auto dealer .
Example: Auto dealers are forcing newspapers to choose between their pocketbooks and their principles.» compra y venta de caballos = horse-trading .
Example: Whether horse trading in the early twentieth century or car buying today, haggling over prices has been the common practice of buyers and sellers alike.» comprobante de compra = proof of purchase .
Example: 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] .
Example: 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 .
Example: Pharmaceutical companies have made bulk deals with governments where they still make substantial profits while charging much less for the prescriptions. Example: The bulk rate is 30 percent off of any order over 10 copies. Example: 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 .
Example: She was murdered after a Christmas shopping trip to Leeds with her best friend.» escritura de compra = deed of purchase .
Example: The final signature of the deed of purchase takes place at the Notary's office.» fiebre de las compras = shopping fever .
Example: 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 .
Example: 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 .
Example: The author discusses the effects of the reform of the Sunday shopping hours on national shopping habits. Example: 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. Example: In the general book market, however, there is still a great deal of variety in purchasing habits. Example: 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 .
Example: Shopping agents are intelligent agents that do shopping.» hacer la compra = do + the shopping .
Example: I do the shopping in my house because my wife has no clue as to cooking or preparing meals that do not come out of a box.» hacer una compra = make + a purchase .
Example: 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 ; go to + the shops .
Example: The article 'Where to go shopping - the online way' describes recent developments in online shopping using a modem from home. Example: When I told her my plans to go to the shops, she said she could drop me off, even though it was out of her way.» lista de compra = shopping list .
Example: When you arrive at the check-out desk you have a laden trolley and many more items than on your shopping list.» lugar de compras = shopping spot .
Example: In this article we'll introduce you to the world of shopping in Paris, and show you our top 5 shopping spots in the city.» mejor compra = best buy .
Example: 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 .
Example: 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 .
Example: This buyers guide provides information on needs assessment, buying options, and decision making tips when acquiring a new school athletic track. Example: The author outlines the benefits and drawbacks of e-journals and discusses pricing and purchasing options.» opción de compra de acciones = stock option .
Example: 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 .
Example: The data were obtained through a detailed analysis of 400 purchase orders from each of the five dealers.» pedido de compra = purchase order .
Example: The data were obtained through a detailed analysis of 400 purchase orders from each of the five dealers.» plan de compra = purchase plan .
Example: 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 .
Example: 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 .
Example: 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 .
Example: 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 .
Example: 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] .
Example: 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 .
Example: 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 .
Example: If you no longer have a valid proof of purchase, warranty coverage will be determined by the manufacturing date code.» sección de compras = acquisitions department [Sección de una biblioteca que se encarga de la compra de libros] ; order department [Sección de una biblioteca que se encarga de la compra de libros] .
Example: Nobody outside of the acquisitions department gives a damn about the prices of books. Example: 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 .
Example: 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 = acquisition(s) service [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] .
Example: 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 .
Example: 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 .
Example: She was murdered after a Christmas shopping trip to Leeds with her best friend.comprar1 = buy ; purchase ; take over ; shop ; call + Nombre + Posesivo + own ; snap up.
Example: Discount charges are available by contracting to buy a predetermined number of connect hours per year.Example: This mode of publication permits special libraries to purchase relevant parts and facilitates revision at a later date.Example: Pergamon-INFOLINE came into being in its present form in 1980 when it was taken over by Pergamon.Example: Before shopping for a new computer, you should make a plan detailing what you can afford, what you expect to do with the computer, and how much the computer is worth to you.Example: This 12-room penthouse of the newly renovated Mark Hotel is up for sale but it will cost you a princely sum to call it your own.Example: Music has notorious magpie tendencies, snapping up stylistic valuables wherever they may be found.more:
» coaccionar a comprar = hustle .
Example: She fast-talked deals like an auctioneer -- you could tell the lady knew how to hustle.» comprar a ciegas = buy + a pig in a poke .
Example: You might say we buy 'a pig in a poke' every four years, except that no pig has ever done the kind of damage our recent presidents have done.» comprar Algo = make + a purchase .
Example: 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.» comprar Algo hecho en serie = buy + off-the-shelf .
Example: There are three sources of applications software: (a) bought off-the-shelf; (b) commissioned from a software house; (c) written in-house, either by the librarian or by the computer staff.» comprar Algo ya hecho de antemano = buy + off-the-shelf .
Example: There are three sources of applications software: (a) bought off-the-shelf; (b) commissioned from a software house; (c) written in-house, either by the librarian or by the computer staff.» comprar al peso = buy + Nombre + by the weight .
Example: The pizza here is delicious and you buy it by the weight of your slice.» comprar al por mayor = buy in + bulk .
Example: The raw material of white paper was undyed linen -- or in very early days hempen -- rags, which the paper-maker bought in bulk, sorted and washed, and then put by in a damp heap for four or five days to rot.» comprar a plazos = buy in + instalments .
Example: Most used cars are bought in installments, meaning you make a regular monthly pay- ment to your creditor until the loan is paid in full.» comprar a plazos apartando el producto = lay away .
Example: Any retail seller which permits consumers to lay away consumer goods will provide a written statement of the terms and conditions of the agreement = Cualquier comercio que permita a los consumidores comprar a plazos apartando los productos les proporcionará un documento escrito de las condiciones del acuerdo.» comprar caro = buy + dearly .
Example: This progress was bought dearly with the lives of pioneering aviators.» comprar casi por nada = buy + Nombre + for a song .
Example: Most of them had been foreclosed, and she bought them for a song, often just for the unpaid taxes.» comprar casi regalado = buy + Nombre + for a song .
Example: Most of them had been foreclosed, and she bought them for a song, often just for the unpaid taxes.» comprar casi tirado = buy + Nombre + for a song .
Example: Most of them had been foreclosed, and she bought them for a song, often just for the unpaid taxes.» comprar comparando productos = shop around ; shopping around .
Example: In strong contrast to, say, television sets and instant coffee, where the consumer may save by shopping around, there is no advantage to be gained by going to one shop rather than another for a book so far as price is concerned. Example: Consequently, the skill of shopping around and assessing the cost-effectiveness of a supplier's goods and services is important for the librarian to develop.» comprar directamente = buy + direct(ly) .
Example: The depot buys the books for the schools and passes on to them some of the discount it receives by buying direct from the publishers.» comprar en cantidad = stock up (on) .
Example: Read on for 10 eco-friendly things that you can do with lemons, then hot-foot it to your local farmers' market to stock up.» comprar hasta caer muerto = shop 'til you drop .
Example: The article is entitled 'Shop 'til your modem drops. Internet shopping network is making strides as it learns how to sell in cyberspace'.» comprar hasta reventar = shop 'til you drop .
Example: The article is entitled 'Shop 'til your modem drops. Internet shopping network is making strides as it learns how to sell in cyberspace'.» comprar por cuatro duros = buy + Nombre + for a song .
Example: Most of them had been foreclosed, and she bought them for a song, often just for the unpaid taxes.» comprar por cuatro perras = buy + Nombre + for a song .
Example: Most of them had been foreclosed, and she bought them for a song, often just for the unpaid taxes.» comprar regularmente en una tienda = patronise + shop .
Example: Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.» comprarse = change + hands ; buy + Relfexivo .
Example: This handbook is a collector's guide to popular children's beanbag animal toys, rare examples of which change hands for thousand of dollars = Este manual es una guía para el coleccionista de animales de juguete rellenos de bolitas para niños, algunos de los cuales (los más raros) se llegan a vender por miles de dólares. Example: It was getting on toward six o'clock so I thought I'd buy myself a beer and go out and sit in a deck chair by the swimming pool.» comprar tiempo = buy + time .
Example: Smaller libraries may co-operate in a network and have shared access to a commercially-owned computer or may buy time on a computer belonging to another organization.» comprar tu primera casa = get on(to) the property ladder [Expresión británica usada para referirse al hecho de que los jóvenes deben comprarse su primera vivienda, generalmente más barata, para así poder en el transcurso de los años poder ir cambiando de casa, generalmente cada vez más lujosa y en mejores entornos] .
Example: Young people are finding it harder than ever to get on the property ladder without some form of extra support, often from parents.» comprar tu primera vivienda = get on(to) the property ladder [Expresión británica usada para referirse al hecho de que los jóvenes deben comprarse su primera vivienda, generalmente más barata, para así poder en el transcurso de los años poder ir cambiando de casa, generalmente cada vez más lujosa y en mejores entornos] .
Example: Young people are finding it harder than ever to get on the property ladder without some form of extra support, often from parents.» comprar un producto comercial = buy + off-the-shelf .
Example: There are three sources of applications software: (a) bought off-the-shelf; (b) commissioned from a software house; (c) written in-house, either by the librarian or by the computer staff.» darse el gusto de comprar = splurge on .
Example: On the other hand, a few weeks later I decided to splurge on Adobe Acrobat 6.0, and I have not looked back.» novelas o libros que se compran en el supermercado = self-help .
Example: Should we ignore the major trade publishers for almost everything except genre fiction, blockbusters, popular self-help, celebrity biographies and exposés?.» que se compra = priced .
Example: Much of this is free games software, with some educational programs, but there are also some priced applications programs available.comprar2 = bribe ; grease + Posesivo + palm ; oil + Posesivo + palm.
Example: Local officials can easily be bribed by foreign pharmaceutical laboratories.Example: The local bishop was under his thumb, our priest greased his palm well.Example: The judge has to be bribed and if you can't afford to 'oil his palm' your case will never reach court.