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abandon de créances

English translation: debt write-off

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French term or phrase:abandon de créances
English translation:debt write-off
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14:22 Sep 9, 2009
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Accounting
French term or phrase: abandon de créances
rejet de charge ou abandon de créances
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Iraq
Local time: 15:15
debt write-off
Explanation:
...or, depending on context and what fits best, write-off of debt or even debts written off.

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Note added at 5 mins (2009-09-09 14:28:29 GMT)
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This has come up on KudoZ before – see http://www.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_french/finance_general/...
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Rob Grayson
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:15
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TVM ROB
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5debt write-off
Rob Grayson
3forgiveness of debt (or) remission of debt (or) remittal of debt
Narasimhan Raghavan
Summary of reference entries provided
abandon de créance
Stéphanie Soudais

  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
forgiveness of debt (or) remission of debt (or) remittal of debt


Explanation:
Writing off of a (bad) debt

Narasimhan Raghavan
Local time: 18:45
Works in field
Native speaker of: Tamil
PRO pts in category: 16
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
debt write-off


Explanation:
...or, depending on context and what fits best, write-off of debt or even debts written off.

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Note added at 5 mins (2009-09-09 14:28:29 GMT)
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This has come up on KudoZ before – see http://www.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_french/finance_general/...

Rob Grayson
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:15
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 156
Grading comment
TVM ROB

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  John Detre
17 mins
  -> Thanks, John
agree  C. Tougas
43 mins
  -> Thanks
agree  Lianne Wilson
49 mins
  -> Thanks, Lianne
agree  cmwilliams (X)
4 hrs
  -> Thanks, cmw
agree  George C.
16 hrs
  -> Thanks, solarstone
neutral  rkillings: The write-off is merely the accounting recognition of the renunciation of the claim. Up to the asker to decide whether this distinction matters in his context.
16 hrs
  -> Fair point, Bob – though I think it's a fairly safe bet that a write-off is what we're talking about here...
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Reference comments


16 hrs
Reference: abandon de créance

Reference information:
Le Dictionnaire Ménard de la compta donne :

FR
abandon de créance
renonciation à une créance
remise de dette

EN
remittal of debt
remission of debt
forgiveness of debt

Renonciation, de la part du créancier, au remboursement de sa créance, ce qui a pour effet de dispenser le débiteur du règlement de sa dette.

Stéphanie Soudais
France
Works in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 47
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