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English translation: Development Units (UF)

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Spanish term or phrase:	Unidades de Fomento
English translation:	Development Units (UF)
Entered by:	Sandra Cifuentes Dowling

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18:59 Jan 10, 2005

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Spanish term or phrase: Unidades de Fomento

En este acto XXXX hace entrega del mes de grantía ... mediante cheque ... por el valor de setenta Unidades de Fomento en su equivalencia en Pesos...

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Development Unit (UF)

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Unidad de Fomento = Development Unit
But you can leave it as UF.

The UF or Unidad de Fomento (Development Unit) is an
inflation-indexed accounting unit whose value is continually adjusted. ...

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Note added at 13 mins (2005-01-10 19:13:19 GMT)
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Unidad de Fomento (UF) = Chile
Development Unit (a cost-of-living linked unit), the acronym UF is also used in English.

Glosario del Traductor (Marina Orellana).

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Note added at 16 mins (2005-01-10 19:16:01 GMT)
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Food allowance and other expenses in the amount of 1 UF (Development Unit) per day, per person, while participating in the XLII International Song Festival of Viña del Mar.
festival2000.canal13.cl/elfestival/ html/canal_13_festival_vina_2001.doc - Resultado Suplementario -

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Development Unit (UF)

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index-linked units

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UF

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index-linked units

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a Chilean quasi-currency (units of account)

[PDF] Social Protection Discussion Paper Series
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... by reducing the nominal return by the consumer price index or by specific
"index-linked units" in Uruguay or "unidades de fomento (UF)" in Chile, the latter ...
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... carácter de emisor, Banco de Chile, en el ... superior a trece millones quinientas Unidades
de Fomento ... for the issuance of bonds denominated in index-linked units, ...
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[PDF] 1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
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... index-linked units of account called Unidades de Fomento ... that are denominated in
inflation index-linked units of account ... index-linked unit used in Chile is the ...
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[PDF] 1 CELULOSA ARAUCO Y CONSTITUCION SA AND SUBSIDIARIES Analysis of ...
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... all of which are incorporated in Chile, except as ... and liabilities which are denominated
in index-linked units of account called Unidades de Fomento ...
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Development Unit (UF)

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