meeliften
English translation: reaping the benefits
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| 05:12 Apr 11, 2005 |
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|  Selected response from: AllisonK (X) Netherlands Local time: 06:50 | ||||||
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| 4 +2 | to tag along |
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| 4 +1 | added/side benefit |
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| 3 +1 | freeloading / ambush marketing / parasitic marketing |
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| 3 | to join (in/with) |
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11 mins confidence: 
to join (in/with) Explanation: Afhanbkelijk van de context met of zonder voorzetsel en welke. Succes! -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 11 mins (2005-04-11 05:24:06 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Moet zijn afhankelijk. |
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49 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1added/side benefit Explanation: without knowing more context (what are Spaarwatts? A sort of savings programme?) it's hard to say, but this might be a solution - if it's meant in a positive sense - a more negative connotation would require anothe solution side benefit? ... In addition, schools will do a better job of marketing services to ... As a side benefit we begin to build community across groups at a time when groups ... fnopress.com/selecting/smm6.html - 21k ... Helpful Hints for Using Sales and Marketing Data to Improve Profitability ... There is a side benefit to this approach. CRM involves so many specialized ... www.familybusinessstrategies.com/articles03/3263g.html - 22k ... Website Marketing Strategy - We offer several web-marketing packages to get ... with the added benefit that you can target different customer segments ... hosting.itechlabs.com/internet_Marketing.asp - 22k -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs 9 mins (2005-04-11 07:21:21 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- taking Debbie\'s comments into account, you might be able to combine that with part of my suggestion and make it \'reaping the benefits\'? |
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50 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1freeloading / ambush marketing / parasitic marketing Explanation: Just some ideas to help get the ball rolling - although freeloading is informal, it seems to have some support as an accepted term in marketing. Here is another extract that confirms it is something like "cashing in" + "sponging off" "Nuon beëindigt ‘meeliften’ factuur van andere bedrijven Met ingang van 1 januari 2004 stopt Nuon met het laten ‘meeliften’ van een groot aantal bedrijven op de Nuon- rekening. Momenteel biedt Nuon bedrijven en instanties binnen haar voorzieningsgebied nog de mogelijkheid om via de Nuon-nota hun diensten en heffingen bij de klanten in rekening te brengen" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 54 mins (2005-04-11 06:06:19 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Allison makes a strong point - these are of course the \"negative options\" There is very little context but I\'m taking my cue from your understanding of having read the whole text. \"Profiteering\" can\'t be used - think it inevitably springs to mind but that refers to overcharging and taking advantage of a situation rather than freeloading/sponging off others. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs 17 mins (2005-04-11 07:29:35 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Not the least of the monkey wrenches in the works was the purchase of SuSE by Novell, an organization not likely to see the value of staying in bed with the likes of TurboLinux and SCO. Add in the fact that SuSE did practically all the work behind the UnitedLinux distribution, and you can see where it might not see the advantage of continuing a \"partnership\" with companies that might be seen to be *freeloading off the fruits* of SuSE\'s labor. SCO\'s defection from the Linux brigade and subsequent lawsuits against IBM hardly increased the partners\' comfort level in UnitedLinux. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs 21 mins (2005-04-11 07:33:55 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Note: if it is happening within the same group, it\'s not ambush/parasitical marketing - with that additional info I\'d stick to freeloading if a single term is needed, otherwise \"unjustly reaps the benefits from\" |
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2 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2to tag along Explanation: In Dutch "meeliften" is not as strong as "freeloading" I would say. It has no negative or positive connotation but seems neutral, as "tagging along" is. |
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