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  • 1comparable — [ kɔ̃parabl ] adj. • fin XIIe; lat. comparabilis 1 ♦ Qui peut être comparé avec qqn ou avec qqch. grâce à des traits communs. ⇒ analogue, approchant, assimilable. Personnes, choses comparables entre elles. Loc. prov. Il faut comparer ce qui est… …

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  • 2comparable worth — com·pa·ra·ble worth / käm pə rə bəl wərth, käm prə / n: the concept that women and men should receive equal pay for jobs calling for comparable skill and responsibility Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. comparable worth …

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  • 3comparable — COMPARABLE. adj. des 2 g. Qui se peut comparer, qui peut être mis en comparaison. Un homme comparable aux plus grands hommes de l antiquité. Y a t il rien de comparable à cela? [b]f♛/b] On dit qu Une chose n est pas comparable avec une autre,… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • 4Comparable transactions — is one of the conventional methods to value a company for sale. The main approach of the method is to look at similar or comparable transactions where the acquisition target has a similar business model and similar client base to the company… …

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  • 5comparable worth — ˌcomparable ˈworth noun [uncountable] HUMAN RESOURCES the principle that women doing the same type of job as men should be paid the same amount as men * * * comparable worth UK US noun [U] ► HR, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY the idea that a person should …

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  • 6comparable-store sales — ˌcomparable ˈstore ˌsales ➔ sale * * * comparable store sales UK US noun [plural] (also same store sales, ABBREVIATION comps) ► ACCOUNTING, FINANCE a measurement of how successful a company is that involves examining the value of sales in a store …

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  • 7comparable — Comparable. adj. de tout genre. Qui se peut comparer avec quelque autre personne ou quelque autre chose. Il est comparable à tous les grands hommes de l antiquité. y a t il rien de comparable à cela? les plaisirs, ou les biens de ce monde ne sont …

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  • 8Comparable — Com pa*ra*ble, a. [L. comparabilis: cf. F. comparable.] Capable of being compared; worthy of comparison. [1913 Webster] There is no blessing of life comparable to the enjoyment of a discreet and virtuous friend. Addison. {Com pa*ra*ble*ness}, n.… …

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  • 9comparable — adjetivo 1. Que puede compararse con otra persona o cosa: Tu situación es comparable a la mía. A pesar de todo, no es comparable con lo que yo he pasado. Sinónimo: equiparable. Antónimo: incomparable …

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  • 10comparable — I (capable of comparison) adjective akin, alike, analagous, analogical, approximate, associated, close, cognate, commensurable, comparabilis, congeneric, correlative, homogeneous, homologous, kindred, like, much the same, parallel, related,… …

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