net hoe het uitkomt

English translation: whichever was convenient

09:50 Dec 2, 2003

Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial

Dutch term or phrase: net hoe het uitkomt

De centen kreeg ik weer van X, net hoet het uit kwam.

Y is talking about his expenses.

Further on in the text, someone says that they get the money either paid into their account, or they go and collect it 'net hoe het uitkomt'.

Lucy Spring

English translation:whichever was convenient

Explanation:
-> whatever was convenient/handy at the time

E.g. donderdag komt mij slecht uit = Thursday's a bit tricky for me

Selected response from:

Chris Hopley
Netherlands
Local time: 22:27

Grading comment

I actually had 2 separate sentences, one in the present and one in the past ;) I can cope with is/was, just wasn't sure of the uitkomen!
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whichever was convenient

Chris Hopley

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2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +11

whichever was convenient

Explanation:
-> whatever was convenient/handy at the time

E.g. donderdag komt mij slecht uit = Thursday's a bit tricky for me

Chris Hopley
Netherlands
Local time: 22:27
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 2117

Grading comment

I actually had 2 separate sentences, one in the present and one in the past ;) I can cope with is/was, just wasn't sure of the uitkomen!

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