escompter

escompter [εskɔ̃te]

➭ TABLE 1 transitive verb

   a. ( = s'attendre à) to expect

• escompter faire qch to expect to do sth

   b. (Banking) to discount

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ɛskɔ̃te

verbe transitif

1) to discount [effet, traite]

2) (espérer) to anticipate

escompter faire — to count on doing

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ɛskɔ̃te vt

1) COMMERCE to discount

2) (= espérer) to expect, to reckon upon

escompter que — to reckon that, to expect that

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escompter verb table: aimer vtr

1 Fin to discount [effet, traite];

2 (espérer) to anticipate, to hope for; escompter que to expect ou anticipate that; escompter faire to count on doing, to hope to do.

[ɛskɔ̃te] verbe transitif

1. [espérer]

escompter quelque chose to rely ou to count ou to bank on something

c'est mieux que ce que j'escomptais it's better than what I expected

2. BANQUE to discount