German to English translations [PRO] Bus/Financial - Economics / telecom
German term or phrase:Abrechenbarkeit
From a document about security measures in a developing IT
product:
"Bei der Produktenentwicklung ist die Implementation klarer Merkmale zur Abrechenbarkeit vorzusehen."
Explanation: Often IT products are invoiced for at certain stages of development - it is important that these stages are clearly identified together with the criteria which will give the developer the right to issue an invoice (and therefore be paid)
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It means clear criteria against which invoices are issuable
Explanation: Often IT products are invoiced for at certain stages of development - it is important that these stages are clearly identified together with the criteria which will give the developer the right to issue an invoice (and therefore be paid)
Christine Andrews United Kingdom Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 4
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both answers were very useful, but this one helped me unserstand the specific (IT) context and learn something new. So thanks to both repliers.
The translation workplace 
peer agreement (net): +1
