zerar
English translation: wipe out (informal); pay off
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| 17:42 Oct 21, 2007 |
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|  Selected response from: Michael Powers (PhD) United States Local time: 11:34 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | zero |
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| 4 +1 | pay off |
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| 3 | cash in |
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3 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1zero Explanation: I'd use "if we zero the profit...", as informal as the original is. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 28 mins (2007-10-21 18:10:18 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- Yes, it can be used as verb: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/zero ze·ro –verb (used with object) 10. to adjust (an instrument or apparatus) to a zero point or to an arbitrary reading from which all other readings are to be measured. 11. to reduce to zero. 12. Slang. to kill (a congressional bill, appropriation, etc.): The proposed tax increase has been zeroed for the time being. |
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28 mins confidence:
cash in Explanation: I was thinking of "eliminate" - but then I thought perhaps they are going to "cash in" all the profit and keep it for themselves or invest it somewhere else. At any rate they are going to "take it down to zero" and your context will indicate what they are going to do with it. Zerar in other contexts = go back to square one |
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6 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1pay off Explanation: Mike :) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 7 mins (2007-10-21 17:49:26 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Or, more informally, if we "wipe out the profit" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 7 mins (2007-10-21 17:49:44 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Collins Dictionary -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 8 mins (2007-10-21 17:50:56 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- wipe out the profit ternational Stocks: Transaction cost If the amount is small, and transaction cost wipe out the profit, then you have not profit to tax. Therefore, selling will not create a tax situation in any ... en.allexperts.com/q/International-Stocks-1508/Transaction-cost-1.htm - 20k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this MAYOR RUNS FIRST LEXINGTON AV. TRAIN; Goes Back to His Old Job on ... It was that the t of the company to hasten the pooling of the profits was due to the increased costs df operation, which might wipe out the profit so that ... query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F7081EFD3F5A11738DDDA10994DF405B888DF1D3 - 15k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this CHEMISTRY, THE WONDER WORKER; Problems It Has Solved to Aid the ... This didn't at once wipe out the profit in growing, for to make it, one has to start with a substance called , or some allied substance, and the great ... query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00A12FC355517738DDDAB0994D9415B818DF1D3 - 7k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this [ More results from query.nytimes.com ] -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 10 mins (2007-10-21 17:52:12 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "pay off the profit" USAO/CDCA Press Release In reality, the evidence at trial showed, Sylianteng was operating a Ponzi scheme in which later investors' money was used to pay off the "profit" due to ... www.usdoj.gov/usao/cac/news/pr2002/030.html - 5k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this unions ... the unions let them pay off the profit based bonus with a pay rise equivalent to the average of the bonus of the last three years. ... use.perl.org/comments.pl?sid=33402 - 17k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this Guide to the HYIP - Investing (Other) - Helium - by Tommy They depend entirely on new investments to pay off the profit to old investors. As soon as the total amount of new investment becomes lesser than that of ... www.helium.com/tm/294542/somehow-stumbled-promise-return - 35k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this Private Jet Charters Renting is reasonable when you do not use your jet charter very often because the maintenance costs will not pay off the profit that you make by using the ... www.privatejetarea.com/cat/1432/ - 15k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this [PDF] Financial market integration and loan competition: when is entry ... File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML By the above argument, such entry would pay off the profit t(l ). 2. /2 = tl. 2. /8. Hence, entry is unprofitable iff l = 1/n < ... www.ecb.int/pub/pdf/scpwps/ecbwp403.pdf - Similar pages - Note this -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 32 mins (2007-10-21 18:14:59 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- You're welcome, Daniella - I am going to add "wipe out" to the answer, since that is informal and means the same thing (Collins Dictionary). |
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