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Achats consommés

English translation: Purchases consumed

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French term or phrase:	Achats consommés
English translation:	Purchases consumed
Entered by:	Aoife Kennedy

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19:16 Jul 25, 2004

French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Accounting / profit and loss account

French term or phrase: Achats consommés

An item in the profit and loss account of a company. Is there an exact term?

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Purchases consumed

Explanation:
is what is said..the lay out may be different in accouting..depends, for example:
Heading
Purchases
Consumed
Unconsumed..

In a sentence, it's purchases consumed but it might be LAID OUT differently as a LINE ITEM in a P&L

No one seems to EVER take that fact INTO ACCOUNT...they just literally translate the layout

cheers

... No accounting entry made. C. Cost of materials issued is computed at the end of
the period by: Cost of materials consumed = Beginning Stock + Purchases - ...
www.cityu.edu.hk/afdragon/teach/matlab.html - 13k - Cached - Similar pages

Material Purchases
... for real estate repairs, or supplies consumed as a ... Some purchases have special conditions--
they apply to ... or receive special treatment in expense accounting. ...
www.turtlesoft.com/GSStartManual/lesson33.htm - 27k - Cached - Similar pages

More National Income Accounting
More National Income Accounting. ... Disposable income is either consumed (C) or saved
(S). If savings by ... In any market the purchases of buyers must equal the sales ...
ingrimayne.saintjoe.edu/ econ/Connections/MoreAccounting.html - 9k - Jul 24, 2004 - Cached - Similar pages

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Jane Lamb-Ruiz

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That'll do just fine.
Thanks!
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