Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Avoirs à recevoir
English translation:
amounts receivable
Added to glossary by
Paul Lambert
Aug 18, 2008 08:41
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French term
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Avoirs à recevoir
French to English
Bus/Financial
Finance (general)
Again, no further context (under "comptes fournisseurs" in an audit report)
- Avoirs à recevoir : Les avoirs à recevoir sur bons de sortie étaient sur certains dossiers insuffisamment gérés
- Avoirs à recevoir : Les avoirs à recevoir sur bons de sortie étaient sur certains dossiers insuffisamment gérés
Proposed translations
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| 4 +1 | amounts receivable |
rkillings
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| 4 | Credit notes |
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| 4 | receivable assets |
mohanv
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| 4 | receivable for credit memo |
joehlindsay
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Proposed translations
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amounts receivable
Just as vague as the French. Can they even be "assets" before you have them? The asset on the books is the right to receive these 'avoirs'.
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Credit notes
An avoir is a reduction arranged between supplier and client, the latter draws up an avoir for the amount to be deducted from the invoice
Peer comment(s):
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Lori Cirefice
: absolutely, but what about the "à recevoir"
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joehlindsay
: a credit note is the same thing as a credit memo, but wikipedia, and Wordreference.com seem to like credit memo(randum).
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receivable assets
Refer receivables and other assets
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receivable for credit memo
These are indeed 'amounts to be received' but for 'credit memo' items as defined below. (or more formerly credit memorandum)
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From Wordreference online dictionary:
avoir nm credit memo
A Credit Memo (short for "credit memorandum") is a commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer, listing the products, quantities and agreed prices for products or services the seller provided the buyer, but the buyer did not receive or returned. It may be issued in the case of damaged goods, errors or allowances. In respect of the previously issued invoice, a Credit Memo will reduce or eliminate the amount the buyer has to pay.
The Credit Memo usually contains: PO #, Date, Billing Address, Shipping Address, Terms of Payment, List of products with quantities and prices. Usually it references the original Invoice and sometimes states the reason for issue.
Credit Memos are often called Credit Notes or just Credits.
The seller usually issues a Credit Memo for the same or lower amount than the invoice, and then repays the money to the buyer or sets it off against a balance due from other transactions.
The term may also refer to the document provided by a bank to a depositor to indicate the depositor's balance is being increased because of an event other than a deposit, such as the collection by the bank of the depositor's note receivable.
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Note added at 1 day7 hrs (2008-08-19 16:29:52 GMT)
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From Wordreference online dictionary:
avoir nm credit memo
A Credit Memo (short for "credit memorandum") is a commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer, listing the products, quantities and agreed prices for products or services the seller provided the buyer, but the buyer did not receive or returned. It may be issued in the case of damaged goods, errors or allowances. In respect of the previously issued invoice, a Credit Memo will reduce or eliminate the amount the buyer has to pay.
The Credit Memo usually contains: PO #, Date, Billing Address, Shipping Address, Terms of Payment, List of products with quantities and prices. Usually it references the original Invoice and sometimes states the reason for issue.
Credit Memos are often called Credit Notes or just Credits.
The seller usually issues a Credit Memo for the same or lower amount than the invoice, and then repays the money to the buyer or sets it off against a balance due from other transactions.
The term may also refer to the document provided by a bank to a depositor to indicate the depositor's balance is being increased because of an event other than a deposit, such as the collection by the bank of the depositor's note receivable.
Discussion
Dr Jones : a credit note is inevitably 'à recevoir' ; no need to translate literally !