Betekenis van breach In het Nederlands

• 0 an act of breaking a law, promise, agreement, or relationship:

  • They felt that our discussions with other companies constituted a breach of/in our agreement.

  • He was sued for breach of contract.

  • There have been serious security breaches (= breaks in our security system).

  • The theatre was in breach of the safety laws for having no fire doors.

• 1 a hole that is made in a wall or in another structure being used for protection during an attack:

  • A cannon ball had made a breach in their castle walls.

• 2 to break a law, promise, agreement, or relationship:

  • They breached the agreement they had made with their employer.

• 3 to make an opening in a wall or fence, especially in order to attack someone or something behind it:

  • Their defences were easily breached.

• 4 an act of breaking a rule, law, custom, or practice:

  • In a breach of security, unauthorized people were able to board the plane.

• 5 an opening in a wall or fence or in a line of military defense

• 6 a failure to obey a law or to do what was promised or agreed:

  • breach of sth Companies face fines of up to €75,000 for each breach of the legislation.

  • be/constitute a breach To publish in this form would constitute a breach of copyright.

  • a clear/flagrant/blatant breach His refusal to account for the money was a flagrant breach of all rules of professional conduct.

  • a serious/fundamental/grave breach

  • a possible/potential/alleged breach

  • The property developer was awarded $2,000,000 for breach of contract over the restaurant chain's withdrawal from a lease.

  • Both the Stock Exchange and the panel cleared the bank of any breach of regulations or insider-trading.

  • The public are used to breaches of promise by governments.

• 7 the offence of illegal, noisy, or violent behaviour:

  • He was charged with breach of the peace at a blockade of the naval base last March.

• 8 to be breaking a particular law or rule:

  • Checks at Companies House show the firm is nearly 10 months overdue with its accounts in breach of company law.

  • The vendor will be required to warrant that it is not in breach of any of the contracts of employment.

• 9 to not obey a law or to not do what was promised or agreed:

  • The corporation was sued for allegedly breaching a contract to supply voice-mail systems.

  • The organization's conduct during the conflict breached international law, according to a leading human rights group.

  • breach rules/regulations

  • Since the group warned it was in danger of breaching its banking covenants last week, the shares have tumbled 47%.