recuperar costos

English translation: hope to recover costs, but do not necessarily expect to make a profit

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Spanish term or phrase:esperan recuperar sus costos, pero no necesariamente esperan una tasa de retorno
English translation:hope to recover costs, but do not necessarily expect to make a profit
Entered by: Anton Baer

19:00 Aug 11, 2006
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Spanish term or phrase: recuperar costos
Tengo problemaw para trducir la ultima parte, alguien me puede ayudar?
También incluye a proveedores de servicio, como cooperativas, asociaciones de usuarios y ONGs que operan bajo una base comercial y esperan recuperar sus costos, pero no necesariamente esperan una tasa de retorno. / It also includes service providers such as credit unions, users’ associations and NGOs which operate on a commercial basis....
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(expect to) recover their costs
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4 +9(expect to) recover their costs
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
(expect to) recover their costs


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Anton Baer
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:01
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lidia D
1 min

agree  Alfredo Fernández Martínez
1 min

agree  Robert Anderson
2 mins

agree  Susy Ordaz
39 mins

agree  Marina Herrera
1 hr

agree  Hebe Martorella
2 hrs

agree  Ana L Fazio-Kroll
8 hrs

agree  Refugio: or: hope to recover their costs, but do not necessarily expect to make a profit
1 day 1 hr
  -> Good point. I never know whether it's 'hope' or 'expect'!

agree  Heather Chinchilla
3 days 3 hrs
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