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gezamelijke inkoop

English translation: joint/cooperative purchasing


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Dutch term or phrase:gezamelijke inkoop
English translation:joint/cooperative purchasing
Entered by: Wild Flower NZ
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04:05 May 3, 2009
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Finance (general) / Family Offices
Dutch term or phrase: gezamelijke inkoop
Hi,

I'd appreciate it very much if anybody could give me suggestions for "gezamelijke inkoop".
The term is used in the following sentence:

Family offices kunnen hulp bieden aan:

Families die een efficiënte kostenstructuur willen opzetten door gezamenlijke inkoop.

The context is families of wealth and the services that this particular Family Office offers. It's the translation of their website. I considered mutual purchases but I'm doubting if this is the ideal solution.
Thank you for your time.
Wild Flower NZ
Local time: 18:57
joint/cooperative purchasing
Explanation:
Mutual would mean that they purchase from each other but that's not the case here. They are purchasing together from third parties.
Selected response from:

Tina Vonhof
Local time: 00:57
Grading comment
Thank you Tina!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5group buyingxxxjarry
4 +2joint/cooperative purchasing
Tina Vonhof
4 +1collective purchasing
L.J.Wessel van Leeuwen
4consolidated buying
Elsje Apostel


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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
joint/cooperative purchasing


Explanation:
Mutual would mean that they purchase from each other but that's not the case here. They are purchasing together from third parties.


    Reference: http://www.canlii.org/nl/laws/sta/i-19.1/20090324/whole.html
    Reference: http://www.canadiancommunities.org/gpa/lib/pdf/legal/CanadaM...
Tina Vonhof
Local time: 00:57
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 40
Grading comment
Thank you Tina!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dave Calderhead
5 hrs
  -> Thank you Dave.
agree  TechLawDC: "collective" has a communist connotation; "group" is fraught with ambiguities and/or colloquialsim; "consolidated" means joint among companies in a group of affiliated companies (e.g. under a holding company)
12 hrs
  -> Thank you. I agree with your assessment of the various options.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
collective purchasing


Explanation:
as in collective decision

L.J.Wessel van Leeuwen
South Africa
Local time: 08:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 18

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Piotrnikitin: Somehow this option sounds the best to me
7 hrs
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
consolidated buying


Explanation:
the term consolidated buying is often used in alike programmes

Example sentence(s):
  • Consolidated Buying Company, LLC is the largest buying group for petroleum operators

    Reference: http://www.kenworth.com/newspics/CBCRebate.pdf
    Reference: http://www.thefreelibrary.com/ALON+USA+Selects+Consolidated+...
Elsje Apostel
Local time: 08:57
Works in field
Native speaker of: Dutch
PRO pts in category: 4
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
group buying


Explanation:
http://www.proz.com/tgb
Translator group buying
When translators buy CAT tools and other software together, everyone can get a lower price. Please review the current campaigns below, and sign up for any you are interested in.


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Note added at 5 hrs (2009-05-03 09:20:07 GMT)
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http://www2.computer.org/portal/web/csdl/doi/10.1109/ICECT.2...
In group buying, when buyers cooperate with each other, a seller can discount the price of a good. In many existing group buying sites, some sellers deal in the same sort goods or their imitations. Buyers form coalitions for each item on sale. Buyers cannot always purchase goods at a lower price, because buyers? sub-groups are distributed. Buyers need to search hard to find the goods they can purchase. In this paper, we propose a group buying marketplace on the Internet. In our marketplace, buyers can purchase goods at a lower price by forming coalitions.

311,000 more Google hits

xxxjarry
South Africa
Local time: 08:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 353

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway: google hits aren't necessarily an indicator (peanut butter gets millions more but it's not correct ;-) ) in any case this is the obvious translation into English. to quote George Clooney, what else?
1 hr
  -> Thank you. I am well aware and need no warning or reminder of the limitations of Google hits. The two I quoted, and not the other 310,998, underpin my suggested answer.
agree  Dave Calderhead
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Dave
agree  Neil Cross
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Neil
agree  Buck
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Buck
agree  Tina Vonhof
5 hrs
  -> Thanks Tina
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