12:54 Oct 10, 2000 |
English to Spanish translations [PRO] Bus/Financial | |||||||
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na | Soft and hard dollars |
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na | servicios suministrados en especie |
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na | Sólo para agregar mis 2 centavos.... |
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na | See below, |
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Soft and hard dollars Explanation: <<soft dollars: The amount invested in the development or purchase of a property that is immediately deductible for tax purposes such as prepaid interest and fees. >> <<hard dollars: Money given in exchange for an equity position in a transaction for real property. >> Financial Glossary of Terms http://www.gomfi.com/glossary/ Reference: http://www.gomfi.com/glossary/ |
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servicios suministrados en especie Explanation: The definition may depend on context. For instance, the following definition fits the operations of a brokerage (from businessweek.com): "When an investment manager at a mutual fund pays a brokerage house commissions to buy or sell securities, the firm in return will often send back soft dollars, in the form of such services as research, to the investment manager." This would be equivalent to services in kind. Reference: http://www.businessweek.com/1997/04/b351187.htm |
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Sólo para agregar mis 2 centavos.... Explanation: te cuento Elinor que acá con la campaña electoral estamos escuchando hablar un montón de "soft money" y "hard money". No sé si es pertinente a tu contexto, pero igual te comento que por ej. en campañas presidenciales en USA, básicamente "soft money" es dinero prohibido por ley federal. Dicen los que saben: 'Hard money is difficult to raise and easy to spend. It has to come from individuals – not corporations or labor unions – and the maximum that can be contributed to a party is $20,000. But unlike with soft money, there are few restrictions on its use, and the party can spend its hard dollars directly on support of federal candidates.' 'Soft money is the other way around. It can be raised from corporations and unions as well as individuals, with no limits on the amounts they can give. However, soft money is not supposed to be used in federal elections, only for general activities such as get-out-the-vote efforts or to pay administrative expenses.' En el ambiente de clinical research, "soft money" se refiere a veces al dinero que viene de los "unrestricted grants", donde una empresa hace una donación a un hospital para research sin exigir rendición de cuentas- - excepto que el destino MUST be research. "Hard money" es la que uno obtiene cuando gana un concurso para dinero federal o institucional (de AHA, por ejemplo), donde uno presenta un presupuesto muy detallado y obtiene el dinero exacto para cada ítem descrito (o menos). Las reglas son muy estrictas, y hay cosas que no se pueden facturar cuando se negocia "hard money". El concepto se aplica 'throughout' las diferentes esferas (financiera, política, administrativa). Suerte! Elena :-) Reference: http://www.commoncause.org/laundromat/faq.html#what |
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See below, Explanation: In a political context, "soft dollars" are given to the party organizations and are not very tightly regulated; "hard dollars" are given directly to the candidates and are a lot more regulated... |
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