Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

amortissement des survaleurs

English translation:

goodwill amortization

Added to glossary by Lisa Heinrich
Mar 24, 2002 19:26
22 yrs ago
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French term

amortissement des survaleurs

French to English Bus/Financial Accounting Food service
A footnote to "Sales Figures and Performance"

Résultat net part du Groupe avant amortissement des survaleurs
Proposed translations (English)
5 +6 goodwill amortization
Change log

Apr 21, 2005 19:59: VBaby changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO" , "Field (specific)" from "(none)" to "Accounting"

Proposed translations

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goodwill amortization

Survaleurs (or écarts d'acquisition) = goodwill.
Peer comment(s):

agree Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X) : this is it
1 hr
agree cldumas (X)
3 hrs
agree Steven Geller : Goodwill is amortized not depreciated.
10 hrs
agree Mark Colucci (X) : Incidentally, Steven Geller is right that intangible assets (such as goodwill) are "amortized," whereas tangible assets are "depreciated." (References: Personal experience in accounting and business tax return preparation.)
12 hrs
agree Didier Fourcot
18 hrs
agree Buzzy
1 day 2 hrs
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