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  • 21comparable — com|pa|ra|ble [ˈkɔmpərəbəl US ˈka:m ] adj 1.) similar to something else in size, number, quality etc, so that you can make a comparison →↑compare, comparison ↑comparison ▪ A car of comparable size would cost far more abroad. comparable… …

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  • 22comparable — [[t]kɒ̱mpərəb(ə)l[/t]] 1) ADJ: oft ADJ to/with n Something that is comparable to something else is roughly similar, for example in amount or importance. ...paying the same wages to men and women for work of comparable value... Farmers were meant… …

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  • 23comparable — adjective 1 similar to something else in size, number, quality etc, so that you can make a comparison: A comparable car would cost far more abroad. (+ with/to): Is the pay rate comparable to that of other companies? | comparable in… …

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  • 24Comparable Transaction — A method of valuing a company that is for sale. Comparable transactions considers the past sales of similar companies as well as the market value of publicly traded firms that have an equivalent business model to the company being valued. To get… …

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  • 25COMPARABLE — adj. des deux genres 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 ?   Cette chose n est pas comparable avec telle autre, ces deux choses ne… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 26comparable worth — the doctrine that a woman s and man s pay should be equal when their work requires equal training, skills, and responsibilities. * * * ▪ economics also called  sex equity  or  pay equity        in economics (labour economics), the principle that… …

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  • 27comparable — (kon pa ra bl ) adj. Qui peut être comparé à ou avec. Un homme comparable aux plus grands hommes. •   Les biens les plus charmants n ont rien de comparable Aux torrents de plaisir qu il répand dans nos coeurs, RAC. Esth. III, 9. •   Les efforts… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 28comparable — com|pa|ra|ble [ kamp(ə)rəbl ] adjective ** 1. ) fairly similar to another thing, so it is reasonable to compare them: The two of them are in comparable financial situations. comparable to/with: The salary is comparable with that of a junior… …

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  • 29comparable */*/ — UK [ˈkɒmp(ə)rəb(ə)l] / US [ˈkɑmp(ə)rəb(ə)l] adjective 1) fairly similar to another thing, so that it is reasonable to compare them The two of them are in a comparable financial situation. comparable to/with: The salary is comparable with that of… …

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  • 30comparable — comparability, comparableness, n. comparably, adv. /kom peuhr euh beuhl/ or, sometimes, /keuhm pair /, adj. 1. capable of being compared; having features in common with something else to permit or suggest comparison: He considered the Roman and… …

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