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cumul des marges

English translation: multiple profit margins

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French term or phrase:	cumul des marges
English translation:	multiple profit margins
Entered by:	Jessica Edwards

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13:16 Jun 8, 2010

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French term or phrase: cumul des marges

In a marketing text for a rail transport competitiveness cluster, suggesting that they are able to avoid the "cumul des marges" by combining the services of several complementary companies in a total package:

Une maîtrise des coûts et des délais grâce à la synergie entre nos entreprises (globalisation des achats, pas de cumul des marges…)

Jessica Edwards KudoZ activity Questions: 22 (none open) Answers: 58 France
Local time: 21:10

multiple profit margins

Explanation:
MULTIPLE PROFIT MARGINS added by successive companies involved in a chain of activities to produce a good or service.

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&q="multiple...

It also means that you get wholesale tanzanite gem prices that are
not inflated with MULTIPLE PROFIT MARGINS.

http://www.bbjbangkok.com/wholesale_gemstones_bbj_bangkok_ta...

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clain
Local time: 15:10

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This is what I used. I appreciate your help.
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4	(no) profit margins accumulation	Michel F. Morin
3 +1	multiple profit margins	clain

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multiple profit margins

clain
Local time: 15:10
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 35

Grading comment

This is what I used. I appreciate your help.

Notes to answerer

Asker: That sounds just right, thanks very much.

6 hrs confidence:

(no) profit margins accumulation

Explanation:
... ou (no) accumulated profit margins

Reference: http://www.wordreference.com/fren/marge
Reference: http://www.granddictionnaire.com/BTML/FRA/r_Motclef/index800...

Michel F. Morin
France
Local time: 21:10
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French
PRO pts in category: 60

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