Manque-à-gagner
English translation: lost earnings
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| 5 +1 | lost earnings |
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| 5 | lost profits/loss of potential earnings |
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| 4 | loss of remunerative time |
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| 4 | lost opportunity |
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2 mins confidence: 
lost profits/loss of potential earnings Explanation: From Termium: French:Accounting Finance Trade manque à gagner s CORRECT,M English:Accounting Finance Trade lost profits s CORRECT,PLUR loss of potential earnings s loss of profit s 1998-07-13 |
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10 mins confidence: 
loss of remunerative time Explanation: My previous suggestion may still apply (loss of profits/earnings) but if the field is labour and employment, the above may be the intended meaning. YOur context will tell you more. French:Social Security and Unemployment Insurance Labour and Employment Phraseology manque à gagner s CORRECT,MASC English:Social Security and Unemployment Insurance Labour and Employment Phraseology loss of remunerative time s CORRECT 1993-08-05 OBS - Lexique de l'assurance-chômage, Emploi et Immigration Canada, 1992. s |
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1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1lost earnings Explanation: Or loss of earnings. Money lost when you are prevented from working by some external event. |
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2 hrs confidence:
lost opportunity Explanation: as you see in the ref. below: "Click Here to Go Directly to the Story Register/Subscribe Home, ... Immunex: A Lost Opportunity" (The Corporation, Aug. 13, 2001). ... www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/01_35/c3746018.htm&qu... it is much in use in business and it has a broad meaning includind manque-a-gagner exp fin. |
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