Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
acompte permanent
English translation:
set up a regular payment schedule
Added to glossary by
MatthewLaSon
Feb 8, 2009 19:15
15 yrs ago
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French term
acompte permanent
French to English
Bus/Financial
Accounting
In a document about sales administration:
"Si le risque client augmente : On peut réduire le montant de l’encours ou raccourcir le délai de règlement. On peut également pratiquer un acompte permanent correspondant à une fraction de l’encours moyen (souvent de l’ordre de 20 %)."
I am thinking of something like 'ask the client to make ongoing down payments', but is there a standard translation for this term?
"Si le risque client augmente : On peut réduire le montant de l’encours ou raccourcir le délai de règlement. On peut également pratiquer un acompte permanent correspondant à une fraction de l’encours moyen (souvent de l’ordre de 20 %)."
I am thinking of something like 'ask the client to make ongoing down payments', but is there a standard translation for this term?
Proposed translations
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| 3 | set up a regular payment schedule |
MatthewLaSon
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| 5 | ongoing installment |
Jacques Raymond
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| 4 | compensating balance |
rkillings
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| 3 | fixed deposit |
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Mar 12, 2009 17:11: MatthewLaSon Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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set up a regular payment schedule
Hello,
I think that they just mean a regular payment schedule (putting money down every month on the balance owed).
I hope this helps.
I think that they just mean a regular payment schedule (putting money down every month on the balance owed).
I hope this helps.
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ongoing installment
Textes : Used to make a permanent adjustment to an installment. This will be reflected in an ongoing installment.
Absent manifest error, the Bank’s calculation of the adjustment and determination of the ongoing installment amounts shall be conclusive of the amounts due and payable by Borrower.
Absent manifest error, the Bank’s calculation of the adjustment and determination of the ongoing installment amounts shall be conclusive of the amounts due and payable by Borrower.
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compensating balance
Deposit that a lender can use to offset an unpaid loan. Non-interest-bearing, which is why it can be characterised as an 'acompte'. Equivalent in effect to an increase in the interest rate on the loan.
Peer comment(s):
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Emma Paulay
: Can this also apply to a non banking situation? Asker's context isn't loans as such.
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Yes, any creditor is effectively a lender.
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Adrian MM. (X)
: it's prefixed pratiquer, so the verb e.g. make would collocate with a balancing payment not a compensating balance.
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fixed deposit
A deposit set at a fixed proportion?
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