Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Danish term or phrase:
Afskrivninger incl. nedskrivninger
English translation:
Depreciation incl. writedown
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Diarmuid Kennan
Apr 14, 2007 11:44
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Danish term
Ireland
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Afskrivninger incl. nedskrivninger
Danish to English
Bus/Financial
Accounting
Afskrivninger incl. nedskrivninger and Afskrivninger excl. nedskrivninger.
None of my dictionaries help me differentiate adequately between these two concepts.
(Amortization incl. depreciation?)
None of my dictionaries help me differentiate adequately between these two concepts.
(Amortization incl. depreciation?)
Proposed translations
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| 4 +1 | Depreciation incl. writedown |
Suzanne Blangsted (X)
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| 4 | amortizations, incl. amounts written down |
Peter Adolph
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Proposed translations
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Depreciation incl. writedown
EN-DA/DA-EN økonomisk ordbog - Annemette Svensson
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These two examples have write-down as hyphenated. Svensson's ordbog has writedown and write-down. I suggest you use the hyphenation.
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These two examples have write-down as hyphenated. Svensson's ordbog has writedown and write-down. I suggest you use the hyphenation.
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amortizations, incl. amounts written down
Taget fra A.L. Svenssons økonomiske ordbog:
afskrivning (sb) på mat. anlægsaktiver depreciation [U];
på immat. anlægsaktiver amortization/-isation [U];
2. bogf./regnsk. (handlingen) writing down;
(beløbet) write-down; writedown; amount written down; impairment charge;
IAS (om varig værdiforringelse) impairment (loss);
(realkredit) provisions;
nedskrivninger amounts written down;
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'Afskrivninger' er den forventede, beregnelige værdiforringelse af et aktiv, mens 'nedskrivning' er en ekstraordinær værdiforringelse, der opstår som følge af noget uventet (f.eks. en ændring i markedsværdien af et givent aktiv).
afskrivning (sb) på mat. anlægsaktiver depreciation [U];
på immat. anlægsaktiver amortization/-isation [U];
2. bogf./regnsk. (handlingen) writing down;
(beløbet) write-down; writedown; amount written down; impairment charge;
IAS (om varig værdiforringelse) impairment (loss);
(realkredit) provisions;
nedskrivninger amounts written down;
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'Afskrivninger' er den forventede, beregnelige værdiforringelse af et aktiv, mens 'nedskrivning' er en ekstraordinær værdiforringelse, der opstår som følge af noget uventet (f.eks. en ændring i markedsværdien af et givent aktiv).
Example sentence:
unless adequate provision for writing down the value of that
Note from asker:
| Thanks Peter, but I decided to go with the other option |
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