Also means
share (stock)
Usage Note
Action covers both the general sense of 'action' or 'deed' and, in financial contexts, a company share or stock. Passer à l'action means 'to take action', while acheter des actions means 'to buy shares'. The plural les actions is common in both everyday and business French.
Examples
"Il est temps de passer à l'action."
Natural Translation
It is time to take action.
Literal Translation
It is time of pass to the-action
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