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Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general) | | Japanese term or phrase: 当て馬 | This is from a document explaining the parts supply decisions of a manufacturing company. Here is the phrase it was taken from:
Ｘ社にＹ社の価格への不信感はなく、Ｚ社の相見積もりはＸ社内妥当性説明用の当て馬と判明。
I'm having a hard time wording this naturally in English, mostly because of the above term, but basically is this saying that X company really has no problem with Y company's estimate, and it's merely using Z company's estimate (which is presumably higher) in order to justify the first estimate to internal decision makers?
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 fumipi829
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47 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +1
1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): +4 quote for comparison or negotiation purpose
Explanation:
I think in this scenario Company X already decided to go with Company Y. However, X also asked Z to submit a quote. If Z's price is higher than Y's, no problem. If Z's price is lower than Y's, then X can negotiate with Y using Z's quote.
Reference: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BD%93%E3%81%A6%E9%A6%AC
| Kyoko Loverin
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