♦ performance

♦ performance
♦ performance /pəˈfɔ:məns/
n. [uc]
1 esecuzione (anche leg.); adempimento; compimento; effettuazione; assolvimento (di un dovere): the performance of a contract, l'adempimento di un contratto; the performance of a command, l'esecuzione di un ordine
2 (teatr.) rappresentazione; recita; spettacolo; (mus.) esecuzione, concerto: a benefit performance, uno spettacolo di beneficenza; a brilliant performance, uno spettacolo stupendo; repeat performance, replica
3 azione (o fatto) fuori del comune; impresa eccezionale
4 (d'una macchina, d'un motore, ecc.) prestazioni (di esercizio); rendimento, resa, performance: high-performance, dalle prestazioni elevate; solid performance, buon rendimento
5 (ling.) esecuzione; performance
6 (market.) indice delle vendite (d'un articolo)
7 (fam.) cosa fastidiosa, difficile (da farsi); impresa (fig.): Solving the problem has been quite a performance, è stato un'impresa risolvere il problema
8 (sport) performance; rendimento; resa; prestazioni: (calcio) a good team performance, un buon rendimento dell'intera squadra; un buon lavoro d'équipe
● (med.) performance anxiety, ansia da prestazione □ performance appraisal, valutazione (di merito) del personale (di un'azienda) □ (teatr.) performance art, performance (art) (forma di produzione teatrale, pittorica e artistica) □ (leg.) performance bond, garanzia dell'esecuzione (di un contratto o appalto) □ (tecn.) performance characteristic, caratteristica operativa □ (tecn.) performance data, dati del funzionamento □ (sport) performance-enhancing drugs, sostanze stupefacenti che migliorano le prestazioni; sostanze dopanti □ (Borsa) the performance of the stock market, l'andamento del mercato azionario □ (org. az.) performance pay, retribuzione aggiuntiva per il maggiore rendimento □ performance poetry, la poesia composta appositamente per essere recitata in pubblico □ (di salario) performance-related, rapportato al rendimento □ (org. az., psic.) performance test, test di rendimento □ What a performance!, che impresa difficile!; (spreg.) che brutto modo di fare!; che messinscena!; che spettacolo indegno!

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