Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

écarts

English translation:

differences

Added to glossary by katieker
Feb 10, 2004 19:18
20 yrs ago
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French term

écarts

French to English Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general)
"Taux de réponses à la procédure de rapprochement - Nombre d'écarts sur soldes inter-sociétés" (under the heading "Indicateurs de consolidation")
Proposed translations (English)
5 +2 differences
4 -1 spread
4 -1 Déviations.
4 -1 deviation

Proposed translations

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French term (edited): �carts
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differences

they are reconciling the offset accounts between companies....soldes inter-sociétés are the inter-company account balances...both companies keep accounts and then they are compared. An accounting difference was found. or in the plural.

It has nothing to do with spreads or deviations.

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Note added at 1 hr 56 mins (2004-02-10 21:15:41 GMT)
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here are examples from corporations:
... 2001 included $49 of expense resulting from intercompany guarantees to ... The ‘Accounting
differences/eliminations’ caption of net earnings also includes the ...
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... To gain knowledge of International accounting differences. ... Chapter 6 ?
Elimination of Unrealized Profit on Intercompany sales of Inventory. ...
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Accounting Software 411 - ISS Construction Manager Software By ...
... ISS handles the accounting differences for different types of jobs with ... General Accounting:General
Ledger General Accounting:Intercompany Transactions Inventory ...

Peer comment(s):

agree Liana Coroianu
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agree sousou
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spread

I know that the English for "ecart" is "spread" in stock exchange terminology (meaning the difference between buying price and selling price, in bidding). for various types of spreads, see link.
Peer comment(s):

disagree Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X) : no that's stock markets and such like
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36 mins

Déviations.

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Note added at 2004-02-10 19:58:14 (GMT)
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Deviations (no accent in English).
Peer comment(s):

disagree Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X) : no not an accounting term this is accounting
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37 mins
French term (edited): �carts

deviation

le terme ici semble lié à une notion statistique, cela se rapprocherait de l'écart-type en statistique, soit "standard deviation"
Peer comment(s):

disagree Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X) : c'est de la compta....
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