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Tech/Engineering - Computers: Software / SAPterm | | Japanese term or phrase: 配賦先 | | It appears in the function specifications for accounting.I have come across this term repeatedly. It is used for the allocation of expenses in the departments. |
| | | English translation:allocatee | Explanation:
From the wording of your question, I believe you already know what the term means - ie the department to which an expense is allocated - but are trying to find an idiomatic way of saying it in English.
Strange as it sounds, the word "allocatee" does actually exist:
http://www.cdfifund.gov/news_events/CDFI-2010-27-CDFI-Fund-S...
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/allocatee
It doesn't appear in any standard dictionaries as far as I can see, so may be something of a made-up word.
The only alternative I can think of would be to describe it longhand, ie 'the department to which the expense is allocated'.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2010-12-30 02:21:59 GMT)
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I'm wondering if 'cost center' might be better, although I don't know if there is another translation for 'cost center'. |
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