- redress ... balance
- /vt/ восстанавливать ... равновесие
Англо-русский экономический словарь.
Англо-русский экономический словарь.
redress — re‧dress [rɪˈdres] noun [uncountable] formal something, especially money, that you want or get from someone because they have caused you harm or damaged your property: • She is seeking redress in the courts. * * * Ⅰ. redress UK US /rɪˈdres/ verb… … Financial and business terms
redress the balance — ► to make a situation fairer and more equal: »The code was intended to help redress the balance between powerful retailers and their suppliers. Main Entry: ↑redress … Financial and business terms
redress the balance — phrase to change a situation in order to make things fair and equal Thesaurus: to change a situationsynonym Main entry: redress * * * take action to restore equality in a situation * * * redress the ˈbalance idiom to make a situation equal or… … Useful english dictionary
redress — ► VERB 1) remedy or set right. 2) archaic set upright again. ► NOUN ▪ remedy or compensation for a wrong or grievance. ● redress the balance Cf. ↑redress the balance ORIGIN … English terms dictionary
redress the balance — ► redress the balance restore equality in a situation. Main Entry: ↑redress … English terms dictionary
balance — 1. The noun is about four centuries older than the verb, and has derived several figurative uses from its primary meaning of ‘an apparatus for weighing’, as for example in accounting (where the notion of balancing the books is ever present) and… … Modern English usage
redress — [ri dres′; ] for n., usually [ rē′dres΄] vt. [ME redressen < OFr redrecier: see RE & DRESS] 1. to set right; rectify or remedy, often by making compensation for (a wrong, grievance, etc.) 2. Now Rare to make amends to n. 1. a compensation or… … English World dictionary
redress — [n] help, compensation aid, amendment, amends, assistance, atonement, balancing, change, conciliation, correction, cure, ease, indemnity, justice, offsetting, payment, quittance, recompense, rectification, reestablishment, reformation,… … New thesaurus
redress — [[t]rɪdre̱s[/t]] redresses, redressing, redressed (The noun is also pronounced [[t]ri͟ːdres[/t]] in American English.) 1) VERB If you redress something such as a wrong or a complaint, you do something to correct it or to improve things for the… … English dictionary
balance — I UK [ˈbæləns] / US noun Word forms balance : singular balance plural balances *** 1) a) [uncountable] the ability to remain steady in an upright position An ear infection is affecting his balance. b) a position in which your body remains steady… … English dictionary
redress the balance — An effort to redress the balance is an attempt to make things equal. With too few girls entering university, the authorities declared that an effort would be made to redress the balance … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions