avstedkomme 16 bakaksel The firm will come to grief. Ue is riding for a fall avstedkomme cause, bring about. The problems arising out of this action avlstemme radio o. I. tune -stemning poll, hemmelig ballot, i parlam. division, folke — plebiscite, referendum; foreta (holde} — take (hold) a poll, take a ballot (on a question); forlange skriftlig ~ demand a poll; sette under ~ f.e. put a proposal to a ballot, i møte put to the vote avstengt ~ fra cut off (isolated) from avlstive stiffen, shore up -stiving stiffening, shoring up -stope cast; —støpt kopi a cast -stoping casting -stå gi avkall på give up, renounce, rettigheter, ogs. cede, surrender; ~ fra desist from; ~ fra å gjøre desist from doing; ~ til cede to -ståelse renunciation; cession, surrender -svekke ~ virkningen av weaken the effect of; ~ et krav invalidate a claim av|ta 1 være kjøper av buy, take, purchase 2 bli mindre decrease, diminish, gå tilbake fall off, decline, f.e. the demand shows no signs of falling off (declining, decreasing, abatement); i styrke abate, moderate, om hastighet decelerate, -tagbar detachable -tagende ~ tendens a declining tendency; være i ~ be on the decline (wane) -tager buyer, purchaser, kunde customer, forbruker consumer; en stor ~ av elektrisk strøm a big (heavy) consumer of electric current avtale s. ordning arrangement, overenskomst agreement, om møte appointment; muntlig ~ verbal agreement; skriftlig ~ an a. in writing, a written a.; etter (ifølge) ~ according to agreement (arrangement). as agreed upon, as arranged, by agreement; etter nærmere ~ to be (as may be) agreed upon; lønn etter — salary subject to arrangement; mot ~n contrary to [the terms of the] agreement; —n var at it was agreed that, the understanding was that; bryte en ~ break an ag.; holde en ~ keep an ag., keep one’s word; inngå en ~ med enter into an ag. with; slutte en ~ conclude (sign) an ag.; treffe en ~ med . . . om f.e. make an arrangement with him for the sale of; treffe ~ om, ogs. agree on; når ikke ~ om noe annet er truffet, f.e. in the absence of any agreement to the contrary avtal|e v. ~ tid, sted appoint (fix) a time, a place; ~ møte med make an appointment with, arrange to meet a p.; el —t møte an appointment; betinge seg, stipulere stipulate; dette var ikke —t i kontrakten this was not stipulated in the contract; —t på forhånd pre-arranged, arranged beforehand; ~ vilkår arrange (agree [up]on) terms; som —t as arranged, as agreed upon, f.e. we are charging interest at the agreed rate (at the rate agreed upon); hvis ikke noe annet er —t, f.e. unless otherwise agreed upon between buyer and seller; til ~t tid at the time appointed (fixed); ~f spill a put-up thing, a pre-concerted plan. They are playing into one another’s hands av|trekk for røyk o. I. outlet; han er sen i —et he is rather slow off the mark -trekning av skip pulling the vessel off; —s\forsøk attempt to pull vessel off -trykk av brev copy, av bilde print, reproduc tion, i voks an impression in wax; finger ~ finger--print -tvinge ~ en et løfte exact a promise from; ~ respekt command respect av|vei føre på -er mislead, misguide; komme på -er go astray (wrong) -vekslende skiftevis alternately -veksling forandring change, variasjon variety, change, f.e. variety is what the public wants; til en ~ for a change -vente ~ nærmere ordre await further instructions; kjøperne forholder (stiller) seg —ende buyers are reserved (are holding off, holding aloof); ~ begivenhetenes gang await the course of events; innta en —ende holdning adopt (take up) a waiting attitude, temporize, mark time -verge ~ en skandale avert a scandal; ~ et angrep ward off an attack; ~ en ulykke stave (ward) off a disaster av|vike ~ fra en kurs deviate from a course, en regel deviate (depart) from a rule; fra pliktens vei swerve from the path of duty; være forskjellig fra, f.e. differ from the sample, vary from the normal (the standard); de to forklaringer —r sterkt fra hverandre there is considerable divergence (disagreement) between the two explanations; they differ considerably -vikelse deviation, departure; forskjell ogs. difference, f.e. this is a departure from the ordinary rule; there is considerable deviation (are slight variations) in the shades [of colour] -vikende ~ synspunkter divergent points of view av|vikle 1 vikle av unwind, unroll 2 bringe Hl opphør: ~ et bo wind up an estate, gjeld settle (liquidate) a debt; et firma —r a firm goes into liquidation; banken har —t sine forpliktelser the bank has liquidated its commitments; affæren er ennå ikke helt —t the affair is not yet quite settled. It will take two years to work off this contract -vikling f.e. the settlement of post-war problems; the winding up (liquidation) of a business; et firma under ~ a firm in liquidation; —s\styret the liquidators av|vise en person put him off, nekte adgang refuse him admittance; ~ en klage dismiss a complaint; ~ en anke dismiss an appeal; saken ble —vist the case was dismissed; ~ et tilbud reject (turn down) an offer; nekte å ta imot refuse [acceptance of], reject; ~ en beskyldning repudiate an accusation; ~ et angrep repel an attack; ~ en påstand (jur.) overrule a claim; han —viste tanken om he waived (dismissed) the idea of, med forakt he scouted the idea -visende et — svar a refusal, a discouraging reply, kort, uhøflig a curt r.; svare — refuse, reject, answer in the negative; han stiller seg — til planen he is not in sympathy with the scheme: he declines to consider it, sterk. he opposes it; stille seg — til forslaget, ogs. he demurs to the proposal; innta en — holdning til, ogs. take up a non possumus attitude to; han stiller seg ikke — til he is not unsympathetic to. We trust you will consider our proposal sympathetically -visning dismissal; rejection; repudiation; repulse; —s\kjennelse a nonsuit. The plaintiff was nonsuited avvæpnle disarm -ing disarming, avrustning disarmament babord port; slagside til — a list to p.; ~s baug the p. bow bade|drakt bathing-costume -kåpe bath-robe bagasje luggage, baggage bagatell trifle: en ren — a mere trifle (detail) -messig trifling baisse a fall (drop, decline) in prices (quotations), sterk, slump; spekulere i —n to bear, speculate on (sell for) a fall [in price] -spekulant (baissist) a bear [operator], fl. the bears, am. the shorts. The bears are trying to smash the market -spekulasjoner bearing, bear operations bak stå ~ (støtte) back [up], support, be behind, f.e. important interests are backing this group; the Government was backed by the whole nation; he is at the bottom of all this trouble -aksel