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Definition of force majeure in English: force majeurenoun ˌfɔːs maˈʒəːˌfɔrs mɑˈʒər mass noun1Law
Unforeseeable circumstances that prevent someone from fulfilling a contract. Example sentencesExamples - BHP Billiton said it had declared force majeure on coal exports from its Mt Arthur mine after the savage storms.
- Coal producer Coal & Allied Industries Ltd has declared force majeure on a number of its sales contracts following severe storms in the Hunter region of New South Wales.
- Industry sources said on Monday that both BHP and Rio had declared force majeure following severe flooding.
- A spokesman for the company said the declaration of force majeure would only apply to new ships about to join a queue of about 55 vessels waiting off the port to be loaded.
- Eni SpA has declared force majeure on shipments from its Ogbainbiri oil flow station in Nigeria after the facility was attacked on Sunday, an Eni spokeswoman said.
Synonyms force of circumstance, pressure of circumstance, need, obligation, call, exigency 2Irresistible compulsion or superior strength. Synonyms coercion, compulsion, constraint, duress, oppression, enforcement, harassment, intimidation, threats, pressure, pressurization, influence
Origin French, literally 'superior strength'. Rhymes à deux, agent provocateur, astir, auteur, aver, bestir, blur, bon viveur, burr, Chandigarh, coiffeur, concur, confer, connoisseur, cordon-bleu, cri de cœur, cur, danseur, Darfur, defer, demur, de rigueur, deter, entrepreneur, er, err, farceur, faute de mieux, fir, flâneur, Fleur, fur, hauteur, her, infer, inter, jongleur, Kerr, littérateur, longueur, masseur, Monseigneur, monsieur, Montesquieu, Montreux, murre, myrrh, occur, pas de deux, Pasteur, per, pisteur, poseur, pot-au-feu, prefer, prie-dieu, pudeur, purr, raconteur, rapporteur, refer, répétiteur, restaurateur, saboteur, sabreur, seigneur, Sher, shirr, sir, skirr, slur, souteneur, spur, stir, tant mieux, transfer, Ur, vieux jeu, voyageur, voyeur, were, whirr Definition of force majeure in US English: force majeurenounˌfɔrs mɑˈʒərˌfôrs mäˈZHər 1Law
Unforeseeable circumstances that prevent someone from fulfilling a contract. Example sentencesExamples - Coal producer Coal & Allied Industries Ltd has declared force majeure on a number of its sales contracts following severe storms in the Hunter region of New South Wales.
- BHP Billiton said it had declared force majeure on coal exports from its Mt Arthur mine after the savage storms.
- Industry sources said on Monday that both BHP and Rio had declared force majeure following severe flooding.
- A spokesman for the company said the declaration of force majeure would only apply to new ships about to join a queue of about 55 vessels waiting off the port to be loaded.
- Eni SpA has declared force majeure on shipments from its Ogbainbiri oil flow station in Nigeria after the facility was attacked on Sunday, an Eni spokeswoman said.
Synonyms force of circumstance, pressure of circumstance, need, obligation, call, exigency 2Irresistible compulsion or greater force. Synonyms coercion, compulsion, constraint, duress, oppression, enforcement, harassment, intimidation, threats, pressure, pressurization, influence
Origin French, literally ‘superior strength’. |