ALLOCATION - Translation from French into English

Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

French

English

allocation [al(l)ɔkasjɔ̃] N f

1. allocation (action):

allocation: allocation

allocation: granting

2. allocation (somme):

allocation: benefit

allocation: benefits pl

verser une allocation à qn: to pay sb benefits

toucher des allocations: to get benefits

toucher une allocation de 10 000 euros par an: to get 10, 000 euros in benefits a year

3. allocation FIN (de prêt):

allocation: granting

allocation chômage: unemployment benefit

allocation chômage: unemployment benefits

allocation de devises: foreign currency allowance

allocation de fin de droits: income support (after the period of unemployment benefit has ended)

allocation logement: housing benefit

allocation de maternité: maternity benefits

allocation de recherche UNIV: research grant

allocation vieillesse: discretionary retirement pension

allocations familiales: family allowance sing

Allocations familiales Info

Allocations familiales: Known colloquially as les allocs, they cover both maternity benefits and child benefit generally. For a first child, a working mother is entitled to sixteen weeks of paid maternity leave financed by the state. After the birth of a second child, child benefit is payable monthly.

English

French

benefit payment: allocation f

incapacity benefit: allocation f d'invalidité

jobseeker's allowance: allocation f chômage

widow's pension: allocation f veuvage

clothing allowance (child's): allocation f vêtements

maternity benefit: allocation f de maternité

resource allocation: allocation f des ressources

housing benefit: ≈ allocation f logement

income support: allocation chômage minimum

in the PONS Dictionary

French

English

allocation [alɔkasjɔ̃] N f (somme)

allocation: allowance

allocation chômage/logement: unemployment/housing benefit

allocation vieillesse: old-age pension

allocations familiales: child benefit

English

French

entitlement: allocation f

maternity benefit: allocation f (de) maternité

widow's pension: allocation f de veuvage

unemployment benefit: allocation f de chômage

dole: allocation f chômage

retirement benefits: allocation f de retraire

allowance: allocation f

claim for welfare benefit: demande f d'allocation

to claim for welfare benefit: faire une demande d'allocation

housing/maternity benefit: allocation f logement/assurance f maternité

in the PONS Dictionary

French

English

allocation [alɔkasjo͂] N f (somme)

allocation: allowance

allocation chômage: unemployment compensation

allocation vieillesse: ≈ social security

allocations familiales: ≈ welfare

allocation personnelle d'autonomie: personalized independent living allowance

English

French

rent subsidy: allocation f logement

entitlement: allocation f

unemployment benefits: allocation f (de) chômage

retirement benefits: allocation f de retraire

allowance: allocation f

to claim for welfare benefit: faire une demande d'allocation

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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

allocation chômage/logement: unemployment/housing benefit

allocation vieillesse: old-age pension

widow's pension: allocation f de veuvage

housing/maternity benefit: allocation f logement/assurance f maternité

retirement benefits: allocation f de retraire

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

Différents choix d'algorithmes, de communications entre les blocs matériels/logiciels, et d'allocations mémoires permettent d'atteindre l'équilibre désiré entre la vitesse d'exécution et la consommation énergétique.

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Pour faire face à cette situation tendue, les allocations attribuées aux immigrants ont été réduites.

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On lui doit notamment la création des allocations familiales agricoles.

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Ainsi les veuves recevaient une somme pour les frais funéraires, et une allocation d'un dollar par semaine pour le reste de leur vie.

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Il prônait un État décentralisé, devant subvenir aux besoins élémentaires de chaque citoyen par une allocation de base, et garantissant la gratuité des soins médicaux.

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