notice

noun

(a) (notification) avis m, notification f;

∎ until further notice jusqu'à nouvel ordre

notice of receipt accusé m de réception;

notice of withdrawal avis de retrait de fonds

(b) (warning) avertissement m; (of resignation, redundancy) préavis m;

∎ to give in or hand in one's notice donner sa démission, démissionner;

∎ fifty people have been given their notice cinquante personnes ont été licenciées;

∎ what notice do you require? quel est le terme du congé?;

∎ to give sb notice (of sth) prévenir ou avertir qn (de qch); (of resignation, redundancy) donner un préavis à qn (de qch);

∎ employees must give three months' notice les employés doivent donner trois mois de préavis;

∎ can be delivered at three days' notice livrable dans un délai de trois jours;

∎ BANKING deposit at seven days' notice dépôt m à sept jours de préavis

notice of dismissal préavis de licenciement

(c) (intent to vacate premises)

∎ notice (to quit) (avis m de) congé m;

∎ to be under notice (to quit) avoir reçu son congé;

∎ to give sb notice (to quit) (of landlord) donner son congé à qn

The toughest part came when a meeting that took two months to schedule with a director of e-business for a large manufacturer didn't go the way she hoped it would. The official told Kovacs and York that he had given his notice to quit because he was fed up. He'd wasted 18 months setting up a Web storefront only to hear from management that it was being scrapped.

English-French business dictionary. 2013.