French: (Compenser des trop perçus) équilibrésEnglish translation: compensating balances 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | French term or phrase: | (Compenser des trop perçus) équilibrés | | English translation: | compensating balances | | Entered by: | Conor McAuley |
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Bus/Financial - Accounting / From a real estate management software programme | | French term or phrase: (Compenser des trop perçus) équilibrés | Problem with the last word.
At the moment I have it as:
"Counterbalance (Balanced???) Overpayments"
I'm no accountant - any help would be appreciated! |
| | | compensating balances | Explanation:
The last word is balance. Literal translation: Compensate too perceived...
again need to see more of the text but a compensating balance can sometimes be an error in accounts where entries are made in the wrong accounts but because they balance, they cancel each other out and thus make it difficult to find the error... |
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AJ Simmons
United Kingdom
| Note from asker to answererApologies for the delay closing this question -- I have been very busy. Many thanks.
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| compensating balances
Explanation:
The last word is balance. Literal translation: Compensate too perceived...
again need to see more of the text but a compensating balance can sometimes be an error in accounts where entries are made in the wrong accounts but because they balance, they cancel each other out and thus make it difficult to find the error...
| AJ Simmons
United Kingdom
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Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 4
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| Note from asker to answerer| Apologies for the delay closing this question -- I have been very busy. Many thanks. |
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