09:55 Sep 27, 2000 |
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na | rip-off, getting ripped off |
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na | VAT number, the act of stripping someone bare (rip-off) |
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na | Only sort of an answer... |
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rip-off, getting ripped off Explanation: Abzockerei rip-off, getting ripped off, (vulg.) screw-job, getting screwed (here not in the sexual context) When associated with a carefully laid out clever scheme: _scam_ DE-Nummer. Could be Dateneintrag(s)number = data entry number (DE number) and many other things besides. Not enough context. AltaVista (German) 5,608 pages found ; Word count: abzockereien: 30; abzockerei: 1161; abgezockt: 1907; abzocken: 1939; abzocker: 2793 http://www.unicon-gmbh.com/~holz/blitz.html http://www.1awohnen.de/ =================== more context (in this case more specific context, such as the whole sentence along with the word, or and.or the sub-category) would be very helpful, time-saving and welcomed at our end and would give you more precisely targeted and perhaps more valid answers HTH Tom see above |
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VAT number, the act of stripping someone bare (rip-off) Explanation: Pobably the German VAT number which begins with "DE" DE most certainly does NOT mean Deutsche Eisenbahn. It's called Deutsch Bundesbahn (DB)(DDR: Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR)) MMI |
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Only sort of an answer... Explanation: MatsWiman proposed this: [Pobably the German VAT number which begins with "DE"] Are you sure of this, Mats? I thought VAT is for Mehrwertsteuer (Mwst)? [DE most certainly does NOT mean Deutsche Eisenbahn. It's called Deutsch Bundesbahn (DB)(DDR: Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR))] Well, it's not even called Deutsche Bundesbahn anymore. Now, they just call themselves "Die Bahn" (in their advertising and marketing materials) or "Deutsche Bahn". And the DDR is long gone, too so there isn't any Deutsche Reichsbahn anymore. Generally, I fully agree with "rip-off" for Abzockerei and personally I'd just leave the DE and say "DE number". ? s.a. |
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