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French term or phrase:	tenir gré
English translation:	you can't blame
Entered by:	David Wallace

20:37 Oct 26, 2005

French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Finance (general) / financial derivatives

French term or phrase: tenir gré

On ne saura tenir gré à un fonds, engagé dans ce genre de transactions, d'imposer un "lock-up" de 3 ans.

David Wallace KudoZ activity Questions: 95 (none open) (2 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 30 United States
Local time: 04:34

you can't blame

Explanation:
strange use of gré, but that's what they mean imo.

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Note added at 3 hrs 14 mins (2005-10-26 23:51:48 GMT)
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they probably meant tenir rigueur.

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sarahl (X)
Local time: 01:34

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Thanks very much to you and to all who commented! I wondered why I couldn't find this in any dictionary!
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you can't blame

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tenir gré

you can't blame

sarahl (X)
Local time: 01:34
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French
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Thanks very much to you and to all who commented! I wondered why I couldn't find this in any dictionary!

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