overweight

en surpoids

Dont le poids dépasse ce qui est considéré comme sain ou habituel pour sa taille.

En anglais simple : Having more body weight than is considered healthy or usual for your height.

• He is slightly overweight.
• Regular exercise can help overweight adults improve their health.
• She was overweight before she changed her eating habits.

Synonymes : heavy

Contraires : underweight

Expressions courantes : slightly overweight, overweight adults, become overweight, overweight children

en surcharge

Dont le poids dépasse la limite autorisée par la loi ou les règles de sécurité.

En anglais simple : Weighing more than the amount allowed by law or safety rules.

• The truck was overweight.
• Overweight vehicles cannot cross this bridge.
• The driver was fined for carrying an overweight load.

Synonymes : too heavy

Expressions courantes : an overweight truck, overweight vehicles, an overweight load

surpondéré

Qui représente une part des investissements supérieure à la part habituelle ou choisie comme référence.

En anglais simple : Having a larger share of your investments in something than the usual or chosen comparison share.

• Our fund is overweight in energy stocks.
• The portfolio was overweight in European shares.
• Are we still overweight in the banking sector?

Comment l'utiliser : overweight in something (The fund is overweight in technology stocks.)

Contraires : underweight

Expressions courantes : overweight in stocks, an overweight position, overweight in technology

excédent de poids, surpoids

Poids qui dépasse ce qui est nécessaire, autorisé ou considéré comme sain.

En anglais simple : Weight above the amount that is needed, allowed, or considered healthy.

• The airline charges for baggage overweight.
• The report linked overweight to several health problems.
• Better loading reduced the vehicle's overweight by fifty kilograms.

Synonymes : excess weight

Expressions courantes : baggage overweight, overweight charges, reduce overweight

surpondération

Investissement dont la part dans un portefeuille dépasse la part habituelle ou choisie comme référence.

En anglais simple : An investment forming a larger share of a portfolio than the usual or chosen comparison share.

• Energy is our largest overweight.
• The fund reduced its overweight in bank shares.
• Technology stocks remain two of our main overweights.

Comment l'utiliser : an overweight in something (The fund has an overweight in energy stocks.)

Contraires : underweight

Expressions courantes : a portfolio overweight, our largest overweight, a sector overweight

surcharger

Mettre trop de poids ou imposer une charge trop lourde à quelqu’un ou à quelque chose.

En anglais simple : To put too much weight or too heavy a burden on someone or something.

• Do not overweight the boat.
• They overweighted the cart with stones.
• Too many duties can overweight a single worker.

Comment l'utiliser : overweight something with something (They overweighted the cart with heavy boxes.)

Synonymes : overload, weigh down

Expressions courantes : overweight a cart, overweight with something, overweight a boat