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ammortamenti

English translation: depreciation and amoritsation

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Italian term or phrase:ammortamenti
English translation:depreciation and amoritsation
Entered by: Richard Hall

12:23 Apr 15, 2005
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)
Italian term or phrase: ammortamenti
la struttura dei costi delle due società diverge a testimonianza di una diversità tra le due strutture aziendali (***ammortamenti***, incidenza costo del personale etc).
Colin Ryan (X)
Local time: 17:26
depreciation and amortisation
Explanation:
depreciation is charged on tangible assets (e.g., property, plant and equitpment) while amoritsation is charged on intanbible assets (e.g., copyrights, licences, formation costs). Unless you know what the underlying asset is that is being depreciated/amortised, you should use both terms.
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Richard Hall
United States
Local time: 11:26
Grading comment
Oo, lovely. Thx.
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5 +4depreciation and amortisation
Richard Hall
4amortization
Fuseila
4depreciation
Lietta Warren-Granato


  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
amortization


Explanation:
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Fuseila
Local time: 17:26
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
depreciation


Explanation:
ammortamento=depreciation

Lietta Warren-Granato
Italy
Local time: 17:26
Native speaker of: Italian
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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
depreciation and amortisation


Explanation:
depreciation is charged on tangible assets (e.g., property, plant and equitpment) while amoritsation is charged on intanbible assets (e.g., copyrights, licences, formation costs). Unless you know what the underlying asset is that is being depreciated/amortised, you should use both terms.

Richard Hall
United States
Local time: 11:26
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 17
Grading comment
Oo, lovely. Thx.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jean Martin
27 mins
agree  Jonathan Morris
5 hrs
agree  Marco Borrelli
1 day 26 mins
agree  Youdan Huang
6621 days
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