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23:19 Feb 15, 2006 |
Spanish to English translations [PRO] Bus/Financial - Finance (general) / Business decsription | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Marcelo González United States Local time: 13:49 | ||||||
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4 +5 | decapitalize |
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decapitalize Explanation: [PPT] Recommendations to Board & Management of Sinapi Aba Trust File Format: Microsoft Powerpoint 97 - View as HTML They complain that SAT **is decapitalizing** their business with too high installments and making them wait long periods to get new loans. SAT is of two minds: ... www.ids.ac.uk/impact/publications/ partner_publications/SAT_RecommendationsFeb02.ppt -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 8 mins (2006-02-15 23:27:09 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Apparently, the term can be used in the context of finance in English, as well. Depending on the context, another option might be "divest." divest (dî-vèst´, dì-) verb, transitive divested, divesting, divests 1. To strip, as of clothes. 2. a. To deprive, as of rights or property; dispossess. See synonyms at strip1. b. To free of; rid: "Most secretive of men, let him at last divest himself of secrets, both his and ours" (Brendan Gill). 3. ***To sell off or otherwise dispose of (a subsidiary company or an investment).**** The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition copyright © 1992. |
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