French-English translations for retard

• delay
  It has been said more than once: justice delayed is justice denied. On a dit aussi qu'un retard de justice est un déni de justice.
  We were delayed leaving Paris. Nous avons eu un retard au départ de Paris.
  We waited and had this delayed. Nous avons attendu et cela a pris du retard.
• arrears
  No longer will we stand by and watch payment arrears being built up. Nous ne tolérerons plus de constater l'accumulation des retards en matière de paiements.
  Parliament is also demanding that delays and arrears should be dealt with. Le Parlement européen demande également que les retards en matière de paiement ou autres soient comblés.
  After no more than a year and a half, we are over USD 100 million in arrears. Après un an et demi, nous avons déjà plus de 100 millions de dollars de retard.
• backwardness
  But are these two forms of backwardness the same? Mais ces deux retards sont-ils les mêmes ?
  The Commission refers to Europe' s backwardness and the need to make up for it. La Commission parle du retard européen et de l' urgence à combler ce retard.
  It was the intention to free them from coercion and backwardness. Le but était de les libérer de la coercition et du retard.
• retard
  The retard in our class needs special help.
  retard the march of an army
  retard the motion of a ship

Related words

• retarder