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Bus/Financial - Finance (general) | | German term or phrase: abwartkosten | List of costs related to buildings. (Swiss German) Another entry in list is Unterhaltkosten, which I've translated as maintenance costs, so I don't think this has to do with Wartung.
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Kim Metzger
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Local time: 17:51
| Grading comment Many thanks, I used custodial expenses.
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4 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +2 janitorial expenses
Explanation:
cost of Janitor
ein Abwart in Switzerland is what one knows in English as janitor.
In French it might be a concierge.
| SwissTell
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Native speaker of:  German
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| | Grading comment | Many thanks, SwissTell, this set me on the right path, although in the end I used custodian. |
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1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): +2 caretaker/custodian costs
Explanation:
Duden Universalwörterbuch - Abwart (schweiz.) Hausmeister, Hauswart
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Note added at 1 hr 19 mins (2004-10-09 21:59:14 GMT)
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Costs for custodial services
http://www.ppd.ufl.edu/building-custodial.html
| Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 17:51
Native speaker of: English
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| | Grading comment | Many thanks, I used custodial expenses. |
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