Going the extra mile

English translation: 110%

14:38 Jul 29, 2008

English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial - Finance (general)

English term or phrase: Going the extra mile

One word that means the same as going the extra mile for a customer or going above and beyond what is expected for superior customer service

Lorrie Pruett

Selected answer:110%

Explanation:
Giving 110% means going over and above the standard.

Selected response from:

Demi Ebrite
United States
Local time: 14:45

Grading comment

Selected automatically based on peer agreement.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED

4 +9

110%

Demi Ebrite

4 +3

to do more than what is expected from someone/to make an extra effort

Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira

going out of one's way

swisstell

outperform

Heather Shaw

two hundred percent

keshab

surprise

orientalhorizon

plus

BdiL

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

going the extra mile to do more than what is expected from someone/to make an extra effort

Explanation:
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Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
Brazil
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

5 mins confidence:

going the extra mile going out of one's way

Explanation:
making a special effort

.. are two possibilities of many

swisstell
Italy
Local time: 21:45
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 4

6 mins confidence:

going the extra mile plus

Explanation:
That's what comes to mind...

BdiL
Italy
Local time: 21:45
Native speaker of:

Italian

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +9

going the extra mile

110%

Language variant: US English

Explanation:
Giving 110% means going over and above the standard.

Demi Ebrite
United States
Local time: 14:45
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 22

Grading comment

Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Nesrin: If a concise alternative is what the asker is looking for, it doesn't get more concise than that! :-)

7 mins

-> Thanks Nesrin - one word . . . one number? : )

agree

Will Matter: Everyone else is also right (to a greater or lesser extent) but if the asker really does require a one word answer this answer is simply the best. Hi, debrite.

13 mins

-> Thank you (and hello) Will!

agree

Victoria Porter-Burns: yes, 'giving' 100% to make it fit here

16 mins

-> Thank you Victoria ~ though the expression is rooted in the '90s, it is still alive and well in (US) business jargon

agree

Jack Doughty: Reluctantly agree, because it is indeed used to mean this, but it's nonsense really. If you give 100%, that's it, there's no more.

26 mins

-> Thank you Jack

agree

Ligia Dias Costa

1 hr

-> Thank you Ligia

agree

Ramesh Bhatt: It is creation but there is a problem though. Summoning numbers into service is wonderful but how do you equate the term in numbers? Why 110, why not 109 or 111, for example?

1 hr

-> Thank you Ramesh - it is an expression coined by someperson or team in marketing, professing added value of 10% more than is actually possible - above and beyond! I guess if you want to top even that unattainable sum, you could say '111%'! : )

agree

BdiL: My agree is not reluctant, because this is an idiom (We have the same in Italian) that "incidentally" goes via numbers, but it's not maths. We say in It. "to have 4 eyes"meaning "extra careful", but actually nobody will ever have that many (metaphore) MAu

2 hrs

-> Thank you BdiL ~ everyone in the translation business needs to have 4 eyes! : )

agree

Erin DeBell: Absolutely. In response to Ramesh's question, none of the numbers he mentions could be used. Why is it 110%? It just IS. Over time, out of all the possible nonsensical percentages, 110% has been the number that's stuck. Not that you'll never hear 150%!

4 hrs

-> Thank you Kirendall - when we must commit 150% to everything, it will be time to retire! : ) Shhh, some employers in the states might hear you

agree

Shera Lyn Parpia: great answer!

19 hrs

-> Thank you Shera

22 mins confidence:

going the extra mile outperform

Explanation:
super, exemplary, superior

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Note added at 24 mins (2008-07-29 15:03:06 GMT)
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trump outmatch unmatchable excel surpass

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Note added at 41 mins (2008-07-29 15:19:43 GMT)
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golden, gold-star

Heather Shaw
United States
Local time: 21:45
Works in field
Native speaker of: English

1 hr confidence:

going the extra mile two hundred percent

Explanation:
Please give your cent percent to achieve two hundred percent customer satisfaction- some bosses said.

keshab
Local time: 01:15
Native speaker of:

Hindi,

Bengali

46 mins confidence:

going the extra mile surprise

Explanation:
if you go the extra mile, you'll give your customer a surprise, and if you want to give your customer a surprise, you need to go the extra mile. This is the word we used when we were talking about how to apply 6sigma to services and give customers more satisfaction.

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Note added at 11 hrs (2008-07-30 02:06:51 GMT)
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I think what the asker really needs is a word to express the result or situation of "going above and beyond what is expected for superior customer service". "going the extra mile" here is not necessarily what we are supposed to define, it's just a way the asker uses to elicit the intended expression for "better-than-expected services". A customer nornally just expects to get what he pays for as usual, he may wish to get a surprise, a windfall, but it would be unusual that he is always expecting it in his daily life. I think the author here tries to say that the service provider would do its best to surprise its customers, and if any prospect comes over and hook up, he'll get more than what he pays for.
I just provide a different perspective, or maybe just think "outside the box".

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Note added at 11 hrs (2008-07-30 02:08:31 GMT)
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nornally----->normally

orientalhorizon
Local time: 03:45
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Chinese
PRO pts in category: 12

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