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à-nouveaux

English translation: opening balance


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French term or phrase:à-nouveaux
English translation:opening balance
Entered by: Marie-Claude Falardeau
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13:48 Sep 9, 2004
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Accounting
French term or phrase: à-nouveaux
Hello all...

Has anyone come across a good English equivalent for the French term "à-nouveaux", when used as a header in accounts? As in the sentence:

"Gestion des a-nouveaux (lorsque clôture d'exercice, pointage et lettrage des a-nouveaux)"

Many thanks.
Mools
Local time: 23:23
opening balance
Explanation:
Domaine(s) : - comptabilité
tenue des livres


français

solde d'ouverture n. m.


Définition :
Solde d'un compte au début d'une période.


Sous-entrée(s) :
synonyme(s)
solde à nouveau n. m.
nouveau, à n. m.




anglais



Domaine(s) : - accounting
bookkeeping


anglais

opening balance


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Note added at 50 mins (2004-09-09 14:38:54 GMT)
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Termium parle aussi de \"beginning balance\"...
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Marie-Claude Falardeau
Local time: 23:23
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5carry forwardsJane Lamb-Ruiz
4A newILA
4opening balance
Marie-Claude Falardeau


  

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à-nouveaux
opening balance


Explanation:
Domaine(s) : - comptabilité
tenue des livres


français

solde d'ouverture n. m.


Définition :
Solde d'un compte au début d'une période.


Sous-entrée(s) :
synonyme(s)
solde à nouveau n. m.
nouveau, à n. m.




anglais



Domaine(s) : - accounting
bookkeeping


anglais

opening balance


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Note added at 50 mins (2004-09-09 14:38:54 GMT)
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Termium parle aussi de \"beginning balance\"...


    Reference: http://www.granddictionnaire.com
Marie-Claude Falardeau
Local time: 23:23
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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à-nouveaux
carry forwards


Explanation:
items that are carried forward.....report à nouveau...especially in an ENDING balance...

Jane Lamb-Ruiz
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
à-nouveaux
A new


Explanation:
Word used in many fields
I saw this translation in Canadian site, in French there is à-nouveaux and the english translation is a new

ILA
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