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mieten und pachten

English translation: hire & lease


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08:24 Aug 19, 2011
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - SAP / accounts
German term or phrase: mieten und pachten
no context, just the phrase from an account type plan ...can't explain it any better...like the account ( provided this term is right for what i mean -.-) maintenance of machinery etc.
lisa d
English translation:hire & lease
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4 +3hire & lease
phoeberuth
3to rent and leasegangels


  

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hire & lease


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2 days17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
to rent and lease


Explanation:
to hire and to rent are different animals. You hire an employee to work at the premises you are renting. Lease, as opposed to rent, stresses the commercial aspect of the same transaction and is usually longer term.

gangels
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