exploit, n.m., exploit, achievement, feat, deed; (jur.) writ, process. Dresser un —; to draw up a writ. Signifier un —; to serve a writ.

exploitabilité, n.f., workableness.

exploitable, adj., workable, that may be turned to account; improvable; (jur.) distrainable. Cette mine est encore —; that mine may still be worked.

exploitant, n.m., worker (of mines); farmer, grower. adj., huissier —; (jur.) process server.

exploitation, n.f., working; improving (lands); cultivation (of wood); employing, using; taking advantage of, cheating. — d’un champ; (agri.) cultivation of a field. — par compartiments; (mining) panel-work. — par grande taille; long-work. — rurale; farming. Matériel d’—; working-stock. En —; being worked; in activity. Mettre en —; to work. — de l’homme par l’homme; profiting by the labor of others; sweating system.

exploiter, v.a., to work; to improve; to cultivate for sale; to use; to make the most of. — une mine; to work a mine; to take advantage of, to impose upon. — un bois; to cultivate a wood for sale. — une place; to make the most of a situation. — la curiosité publique; to speculate upon public curiosity. Cet homme m’a exploité; that man has cheated or taken advantage of me.

exploiter, v.n., to serve writs.

s’exploiter, v.r., to be worked, to take advantage one of the other.

exploiteur, n.m., (b.s.) person who takes advantage (of others), who works, who uses (others); sweater.