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charges d'avance

English translation: prepayments


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GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
French term or phrase:charges d'avance
English translation:prepayments
Entered by: carolynka
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00:42 Jul 6, 2005
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Accounting / balance sheet
French term or phrase: charges d'avance
part of a balance sheet on the assets side
carolynka
Local time: 16:43
prepayments
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gad
Local time: 11:43
Grading comment
this jogged my memory of accounting jargon....thanks
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2Prepaid expenses
Pasquale Capo
3 +3prepaymentsgad
3advance revenues
DocteurPC


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advance revenues


Explanation:
unless we have more text, we can't judge very well - it's a wild guessing game

DocteurPC
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prepayments


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    Reference: http://www.unesco.org/wfeo/breport.pdf
gad
Local time: 11:43
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Grading comment
this jogged my memory of accounting jargon....thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nick Lingris: Or "prepaid expenses"
8 mins
  -> right - thanks

agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
6 hrs
  -> thanks:)

agree  canaria
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  -> thanks:)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Prepaid expenses


Explanation:
they are shown as assets if the prepaid expense covers more than one period...PC

Pasquale Capo
Local time: 11:43
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Martine Brault
43 mins

agree  Kalyani Menon
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