Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

Réserves de puissance

English translation:

potential reserves

Added to glossary by Bharg Shah
Mar 9, 2002 16:38
22 yrs ago
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French term

Réserves de puissance

French to English Bus/Financial Accounting Balance sheet
From a balance sheet. OCcurs several times:
"Réserves de puissance Actionnaires
Réserves de puissance Endettement
Réserves / immobilisations
Réserves / actif circulant stocks
Réserves / actif circulant clients
Réserves / passif circulant fournisseurs
Réserves / trésorerie"
Proposed translations (English)
4 potential reserves
5 -1 [electrical] power reserves

Proposed translations

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potential reserves

Stockholder potential reserves
Debt potential reserves

1)Reserve - ACCOUNT used to earmark a portion of EQUITY or fund balance to indicate that it is not available for expenditure. An obsolete term in the United States. More commonly used in Europe.



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Note added at 2002-03-09 18:23:09 (GMT)
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it may also be capital reserves, I was torn between the two of them

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Note added at 2002-03-09 20:32:39 (GMT)
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it may also be replacement reserves (we use that where I work for money set aside by the property management company to make sure there is always money there for major expenditures)
Peer comment(s):

agree zaphod
36 mins
neutral Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X) : are you saying puissance means potential?
1 hr
in this case I believe it does. He's talking about accounting terms and the word power is not used in accounting terms. The word puissance also means potential.
disagree Steven Geller : I beg to differ with you. This is a balance sheet. I have never seen the the terms "stockholder potential reserves" or "debt potential reserves" on a balance sheet, nor can I find them on the Internet.
14 hrs
then do you have a better suggestion. I would be interested to know if there is a specific word or words that fit better. Do you think the words "replacement reserves" fits better?
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8 mins

[electrical] power reserves

WHAT kind of company is this? If it is a company selling electrical power or electricity, this could well be
electricity or electrical power or whatever reserves
Peer comment(s):

disagree Julia Bogdan Rollo (X) : this is accounting
1 hr
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