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German
Pronunciation
Adverb
allenfalls
- at most, at best
- Synonym: höchstens
2010 June 20, Der Spiegel, number 25/2010, page 80:Ein Verbot sollte es nach Ansicht vieler Ökonomen auch für die sogenannten Leerverkäufe geben. Banken verkaufen dabei Aktien oder Währungen, die sie noch gar nicht besitzen oder allenfalls geliehen haben.- In the opinion of many economists there should also exist a prohibition for the so-called short sales. In these banks sell shares or currencies that they do not own at all yet or have borrowed at best.
- (Switzerland) possibly (given certain conditions)
- Synonyms: möglicherweise, gegebenenfalls
Allenfalls müsstest du zuerst noch den Schnee wegschaufeln.- You might need to remove the snow first.
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