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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

en liquide ou cash

English translation:

paid cash, cash payment ...

Added to glossary by Jean-Claude Gouin
Dec 6, 2011 10:07
12 yrs ago
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French term

en liquide ou cash

French to English Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general)
In my text, it talks about "des billets d'avion qui ont été réglés en liquide ou cash". I think they were purchased in an agency of the airline but it's not clear. I would have translated both as "paid for in cash". Does anyone know the difference? in kind?

thanks
Proposed translations (English)
4 paid cash, cash payment ...
4 in dough or cash
4 -1 with liquid means or in cash,
Change log

Dec 6, 2011 11:50: writeaway changed "Field" from "Law/Patents" to "Bus/Financial"

Dec 7, 2011 17:59: Jean-Claude Gouin Created KOG entry

Discussion

jasonwkingsley Dec 8, 2011:
Just another note to clarify 'Argent liquide' is a much older expression than cash. It refers to silver which 'flows'. Then you have terms like liquidate which are derived from this. I was incorrect when I said dough. Cash is , once again, a an adopted English term. Never at all cheque or debit card !
Ambrose Li Dec 6, 2011:
Wouldn’t this be just be a case of using “ou” to mean “or in other words”? “liquide, or [in other words] cash”. Maybe it’s just poorly punctuated?
B D Finch Dec 6, 2011:
Perhaps the writer was a bit of a twit, trying to show off that he knew the English word for "liquide"? In that case, he or she didn't mean anything different.
XXXphxxx (X) Dec 6, 2011:
never heard the term being used in France Here's a dictionary entry, it does mean 'cash' but how that differs from 'liquide' I don't know. Could be a misnomer for something else. As everyone suggests - check with the client. http://www.languefrancaise.net/bob/detail.php?id=28749
SJLD Dec 6, 2011:
Definitely not payment with a credit card!
En liquide, en cash, en espèces all mean the same - cash payment. They could also mean with a direct debit card - electronic cash.
polyglot45 Dec 6, 2011:
they probably mean cash or cheque - i.e. not credit card but it is a mistake that should be reported
Laura Harrison Dec 6, 2011:
Payment on account perhaps This Kudoz entry would reiterate Nigel's comments about payment without formal invoicing.

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_french/accounting/45497...
Raoul COLIN (X) Dec 6, 2011:
liquide et cash it's exactly the same thing, at least in everyday French and for the Frenchman I am
Nigel Wheatley Dec 6, 2011:
I think it means paid for straight away, without formal invoicing (eg, by a company credit card), but I'm not sure, just a vague memory from my years living in France.
Mark Hamlen Dec 6, 2011:
A bit absurd Liquide is cash, so either they don't know their franglais or they mean something else. I'd flag this for the author (client).

Proposed translations

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paid cash, cash payment ...

SJLD says it best ... En liquide, en cash, en espèces all mean the same - cash payment. They could also mean with a direct debit card - electronic cash.

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2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks for all your help. i will check with the client and let you know..."
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with liquid means or in cash,

liquid means can be cheques, credits in bank accounts that can be disposed of immediately, and other values that may be ..... Bestand an Geld- und Vermögenswerten, die bei Bedarf in Geld gewandelt werden können (Liquidität). Zu den flüssigen Mitteln gehören: Kassenbestände, Bank- und Postgiroguthaben, Wechsel (soweit sie diskontfähig sind), Schecks und (börsengängige) Wertpapiere.
Peer comment(s):
neutral writeaway : as everyone has said in the D box, liquide (in Fr) and cash both mean the same thing.
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disagree jasonwkingsley : Liquide is an abbreviation for 'argent liquide' (that which can be used straight away, flows) Cash is an adopted English term. It would never be used for cheques or debit cards.
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1 day 3 hrs

in dough or cash

The writer is just using different slang words for 'physical money' cash is one of them when you say it in french...it's almost as if the writer is defining 'liquide' in the phrase..
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