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Mise à disposition

English translation: Delivery


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French term or phrase:Mise à disposition
English translation:Delivery
Entered by: xxxmediamatrix
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23:07 Nov 17, 2009
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Bus/Financial - Computers (general)
French term or phrase: Mise à disposition
Hi

What does "Mise à disposition" mean when discussing an electronic management system. There is not much context as it appears as an item on a list. (Mise à disposition du système de gestion).
Lucy Collins
Local time: 06:56
Delivery
Explanation:
Even with the extra context provided by asker's other questions, we can only guess.
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xxxmediamatrix
Local time: 01:56
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Summary of answers provided
3Provisioning
Chris Hall
2Deliveryxxxmediamatrix
Summary of reference entries provided
KudoZ search results
Martin Cassell

Discussion entries: 4





  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
Delivery


Explanation:
Even with the extra context provided by asker's other questions, we can only guess.

xxxmediamatrix
Local time: 01:56
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Provisioning


Explanation:
Mise à disposition du système de gestion
=
Provisioning of the management system

Definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisioning

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-11-18 00:50:42 GMT)
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Mise à disposition - can also mean "availability".

Chris Hall
United Kingdom
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Reference comments


17 mins peer agreement (net): +8
Reference: KudoZ search results

Reference information:
mise à disposition - Monthly fee for services rendered
contrat de mise à disposition relatif à la location - contract relating to availability of the rental (accommodation)
la mise à disposition - availability
par télétravail et mise à disposition - either from home or on site
coût de mise à disposition des véhicules - cost of making the vehicles available
traitement des commandes et mise à disposition des véhicules neufs en ligne - online new vehicle order processing and location/allocation
convention de mise à disposition - Secondment agreement
mise à disposition (RH) - assignment - secondment
Mise à disposition d'un véhicule. - provision of a vehicle
mise à disposition au greffe - available at the registry
lieu de mise à disposition - place of delivery
mise à disposition - availability
contrat de mise à disposition - supply contract
la mise à disposition des locaux - placing premises at the disposal of, at the service of, making premises available to...
acte de mise à disposition du terrain - land use agreement
Taux fixes de mise à disposition - fixed rates
canal de mise à disposition - delivery channel
mise à disposition - handover / decommissioning

Martin Cassell
United Kingdom
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PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  writeaway: yup! plus the www, dictionaries etc etc etc. As you say, the missing context makes answering just a guessing game
57 mins
  -> thanks, all
agree  Chris Hall
1 hr
  -> thanks, all
agree  Dr Lofthouse
2 hrs
  -> thanks, all
agree  Sangro: Nice.
6 hrs
  -> thanks, all
agree  Tony M
7 hrs
  -> thanks, all
agree  xxxBourth: "Bailment" can be added to that list!
8 hrs
  -> thanks, all
agree  Sheila Wilson: How did you do that? Do you have something quicker than multiple pastings?
8 hrs
  -> copy-paste table from result page to Word, copy relevant column back
agree  Rob Grayson: Yep, complying with KudoZ rule 2.1 would have found all these (http://www.proz.com/siterules/kudoz_asking/2.1#2.1)
12 hrs
  -> actually I think the sheer range underlines the validity of the question: but underlines all the more the need for full context
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