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tarjetas de crédito de consumo

English translation: consumer credit cards


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Spanish term or phrase:tarjetas de crédito de consumo
English translation:consumer credit cards
Entered by: Paul Begovich
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01:40 May 26, 2011
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Finance (general) / Informe de deudas
Spanish term or phrase: tarjetas de crédito de consumo
La Superintendencia de Bancos e Instituciones Financieras informa, además, que el detalle de las
líneas de crédito vigentes no utilizadas a nombre de la persona arriba indicada, referidas a la misma fecha,
es el siguiente (este concepto incluye cupo disponible en tarjetas de crédito de consumo, línea de sobregiro
en cta.cte. y otros similares) (Cifras en miles de pesos):
Paul Begovich
Australia
Local time: 17:47
consumer credit cards
Explanation:
En inglés se sobreentiende que una tarjeta de crédito es de consumo, pero en contextos formales vale la pena puntualizar el uso pues existen tarjetas de crédito corporativas que si bien son de consumo, no lo son contablemente pues son gastos de representación (business expenses)...
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juslar
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3consumer credit cards
juslar
4 +1department/retail store credit card
rich.


  

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43 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
consumer credit cards


Explanation:
En inglés se sobreentiende que una tarjeta de crédito es de consumo, pero en contextos formales vale la pena puntualizar el uso pues existen tarjetas de crédito corporativas que si bien son de consumo, no lo son contablemente pues son gastos de representación (business expenses)...

juslar
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 52

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rafael Molina Pulgar
19 mins

agree  laverdad: Yes as "Consumer credit card" as it's already a term in use.
1 hr

neutral  rich.: consumer credit card is not a common term. there are personal credit cards and business credit cards, and department store credit cards. so if the asker thinks it's a card issued by a bank, personal credit card would work. otherwise, could be as I suggest
1 hr

agree  Michele Fauble
6 hrs

neutral  Dr Neil Ashby: I agree with Rich, at least in the UK "cconsumer credit card" is not a typical collocation
8 hrs
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58 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
department/retail store credit card


Explanation:
issued by a store rather than a bank of course

Example sentence(s):
  • Millions of people established their credit rating with a department store credit card because it is much easier to get...
  • U.S. retail store credit card comparison

    Reference: http://www.bcsalliance.com/creditcards_f.html
    Reference: http://www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/retail-store-cre...
rich.
Mexico
Local time: 02:47
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 39

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dr Neil Ashby
8 hrs
  -> thanks
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