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PAYMENT FLOAT

Portuguese translation: prazo de compensação de pagamento

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English term or phrase:PAYMENT FLOAT
Portuguese translation:prazo de compensação de pagamento
Entered by: Nadja B Batdorf

01:42 May 3, 2010
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Accounting
English term or phrase: PAYMENT FLOAT
O contexto é o seguinte:
Poor cash and payment discipline

Symptoms
Failure to clearly account for and recover payment discounts
Mismanagement of payment float
Payment beyond terms creates penalties

IMPACT
Foregone early payment incentives
Lost interest on float
Late payment penalties
Unexpected cash shortfalls


Grata
Elaine Pepe
Local time: 17:25
prazo de compensação de pagamento
Explanation:
Interval between the day a check is written (decreasing the firm's cash balance) and the day the amount is actually deducted from firm's bank balance.

Sugestao

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Note added at 38 mins (2010-05-03 02:20:28 GMT)
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Ou dependendo do seu contexto - prazo de compensação de cheques.

Ou prazo de compensação de uma ordem de pagamento.
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Nadja B Batdorf
United States
Local time: 13:25
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payment float
prazo de compensação de pagamento


Explanation:
Interval between the day a check is written (decreasing the firm's cash balance) and the day the amount is actually deducted from firm's bank balance.

Sugestao

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Note added at 38 mins (2010-05-03 02:20:28 GMT)
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Ou dependendo do seu contexto - prazo de compensação de cheques.

Ou prazo de compensação de uma ordem de pagamento.

Nadja B Batdorf
United States
Local time: 13:25
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  cristinamarinho
2 hrs
  -> Obrigada
agree  Isabel Maria Almeida
5 hrs
  -> Obrigada!
agree  Marlene Curtis
8 hrs
  -> Obrigada!
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