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Cuenta contable

English translation: cash account

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Spanish term or phrase:Cuenta contable
English translation:cash account
Entered by: Seight

15:57 Sep 4, 2002
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial / contabilidad
Spanish term or phrase: Cuenta contable
Es un literal. No tiene contexto.
Seight
cash account
Explanation:
"Contable" refers to cash or liquid assets (such as "capital contable"). This kind of account allows easy movement of funds.

Example:

TD Waterhouse Basic Cash Account
Allows you to simply park your cash in a nominee interest bearing bank account to help make the settlement of your trades easier.

Very easy to set up, just tick the box on the trading account application form.
Earn a high interest rate - currently 3.35% pa* interest
paid monthly
Requires no minimum investment nor ongoing balance
Requires no 100 Point ID check.
http://www.tdwaterhouse.com.au/Bcash.asp
Selected response from:

Russell Gillis
Local time: 05:59
Grading comment
Thank you very much. I'm translating literals and it's really difficult when you haven't got any type of context =)
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5 +2booking account
MARCELA RUIZ
4cash account
Russell Gillis


  

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cash account


Explanation:
"Contable" refers to cash or liquid assets (such as "capital contable"). This kind of account allows easy movement of funds.

Example:

TD Waterhouse Basic Cash Account
Allows you to simply park your cash in a nominee interest bearing bank account to help make the settlement of your trades easier.

Very easy to set up, just tick the box on the trading account application form.
Earn a high interest rate - currently 3.35% pa* interest
paid monthly
Requires no minimum investment nor ongoing balance
Requires no 100 Point ID check.
http://www.tdwaterhouse.com.au/Bcash.asp

Russell Gillis
Local time: 05:59
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 667
Grading comment
Thank you very much. I'm translating literals and it's really difficult when you haven't got any type of context =)
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booking account


Explanation:
Sorry if I'm too late, but a "cuenta contable" only refers to a convention account used to book/register a company's transactions.
Cash would refer to a specifi account that registers only the money available in a company at a given moment.
Hope it helps.

MARCELA RUIZ
Argentina
Local time: 08:59
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  teresa quimper
2479 days
agree  Eva Villarreal Gutiérrez: Also GL Account (General Ledger Account)
3395 days
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