finder

1. One that finds: a finder of great hidden treasure.
2. A viewfinder.
3. A low-power, wide-angle telescope fixed to the body of a more powerful telescope and pointed in the same direction for initially locating an object to be observed.

The part of the Macintosh operating system that gives it the Mac "look and feel." It also provides file management (copy, delete, rename files) and control of the desktop icons, windows, Clipboard and Scrapbook as well as the application startup interface. The Finder resides in the System folder. See MultiFinder.

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An intermediary who contracts to find, introduce, and bring together parties to a business opportunity, leaving ultimate negotiations and consummation of business transaction to the principals. With respect to a securities issue, refers to one who brings together an issuer and an underwriter; in connection with mergers, refers to one who brings two companies together. May also refer to one who secures mortgage financing for a borrower, locates a particular type of executive or professional for a corporation, or locates a particular type of business acquisition for a corporation.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - finder, søger

idioms:

• finders keepers    den, der finder noget, har lov at beholde det

Nederlands (Dutch)
vinder, zoeker op camera, soort telescoop (ook op microscoop)

Français (French)
n. - personne qui trouve

idioms:

• finders keepers    celui qui le trouve le garde

Deutsch (German)
n. - Finder, Sucher

idioms:

• finders keepers    wer es findet, dem gehört es

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αυτός που βρίσκει/ανακαλύπτει, (τεχνολ.) ανιχνευτής, εντοπιστής

idioms:

• finders keepers    ό, τι βρεις δικό σου

Italiano (Italian)
ritrovatore

idioms:

• finders keepers    chi lo trova se lo tiene

Português (Portuguese)
n. - descobridor (m)

idioms:

• finders keepers    achado não é roubado

Русский (Russian)
искатель, окуляр, визирное приспособление, маклер

idioms:

• finders keepers    находка принадлежит нашедшему, Нашел - значит мое!

Español (Spanish)
n. - hallador, descubridor, inventor

idioms:

• finders keepers    si lo encuentro es mío

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - upphittare, sökare (astron.), sökare (foto)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
发现者, 探测器, 取景器

idioms:

• finders keepers    拾获者占为己有

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 發現者, 探測器, 取景器

idioms:

• finders keepers    拾獲者佔為己有

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 발견자, 습득자

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 発見者, ファインダー

idioms:

• finders keepers    拾った者が持ち主

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الشخص الذي يجد شيئا مفقودا , تلسكوب صغير إلى جانب آخر لتسهيل مشاهدة شيء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מוצא (אבידה), מגלה, טלסקופ קטן הצמוד לגדול כדי לגלות עצם לצפייה‬

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