clause

clause

Partie d’un document juridique qui précise une règle, une condition ou un accord.

En anglais simple : A separate section of a legal document that states a rule, condition, or agreement.

• Read this clause carefully.
• They added a clause about late payments.
• Does the contract contain a clause allowing you to cancel?

Comment l'utiliser : a clause in something (A clause in the lease forbids keeping pets.)

Synonymes : provision, section

Expressions courantes : contract clause, special clause, clause in something

proposition

Groupe de mots, généralement avec un sujet et un verbe, formant une phrase ou une partie de phrase.

En anglais simple : A group of words usually containing a subject and a verb, forming a sentence or part of one.

• This sentence has two clauses.
• The main clause can stand alone.
• Underline the verb in each clause.

Synonymes : sentential, sentence

Expressions courantes : main clause, relative clause, subordinate clause, independent clause