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material man

French translation: fournisseur de matériaux


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English term or phrase:material man
French translation:fournisseur de matériaux
Entered by: FX Fraipont
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07:23 Jan 27, 2012
English to French translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general) / termes et conditions
English term or phrase: material man
XXX may, in its sole discretion reasonably exercised prior to making any payment due under a Purchase Order, require Seller to deliver lien waivers from Supplier and each approved subcontractor and materialman for Products previously delivered.
emma2
Local time: 21:19
fournisseur de matériaux
Explanation:
materialman en unn mot

"1.2. Materialmen and Suppliers
Generally speaking, a materialman is a person who delivers materials,
supplies or equipment used or expected to be used in a construction
project.4 Materialmen typically do not perform any substantial work on the
project.5 Materialmen include persons who rent equipment for use in but not
incorporation into the project."
Colorado Law of Subcontractors and Materialmen
http://www.hollandhart.com/articles/COLawSubcontractMaterial...
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FX Fraipont
Belgium
Local time: 21:19
Grading comment
Merci!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3fournisseur de matériaux
FX Fraipont
3 +2fournisseur de matériels
Alain Mouchel
Summary of reference entries provided
fournisseur de matériaux
Yellowstone

  

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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
fournisseur de matériels


Explanation:
(sous-traitant) fournisseur de matériels

Alain Mouchel
Local time: 21:19
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 32

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
9 mins
agree  mchd
42 mins
neutral  Tony M: I think that would be the wrong sense of 'materials' here (might be sand, bricks, reams of paper, ink cartridges, etc.)
1 hr
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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
fournisseur de matériaux


Explanation:
materialman en unn mot

"1.2. Materialmen and Suppliers
Generally speaking, a materialman is a person who delivers materials,
supplies or equipment used or expected to be used in a construction
project.4 Materialmen typically do not perform any substantial work on the
project.5 Materialmen include persons who rent equipment for use in but not
incorporation into the project."
Colorado Law of Subcontractors and Materialmen
http://www.hollandhart.com/articles/COLawSubcontractMaterial...

FX Fraipont
Belgium
Local time: 21:19
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 745
Grading comment
Merci!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: Cf. http://www.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_french/law:_contracts/2...
1 hr
  -> thanks!
agree  AllegroTrans
8 hrs
  -> merci!
agree  enrico paoletti
1 day11 hrs
  -> merci!
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Reference comments


25 mins peer agreement (net): +2
Reference: fournisseur de matériaux

Reference information:
Je pense qu'il s'agit de la même chose

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Note added at 2 hrs (2012-01-27 10:10:08 GMT)
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http://fra.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_french/law:_contracts/2...


    Reference: http://kudoz/english_to_french/law%3A_contracts/2757646-mate...
Yellowstone
France
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Tony M: Yes, though for some reason, your link doesn't seem to work (at least, not on my computer!). This one works OK: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_french/law:_contracts/2...
1 hr
agree  Martin Cassell: Indeed. It's a specifically US term, normally written as one word, not two. v.q. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/materialman
2 hrs
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Feb 3 - Changes made by FX Fraipont:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term


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