Glossary entry

Danish term or phrase:

a conto beløb

English translation:

On-account amount/figure

Added to glossary by Timothy Strauss
Oct 26, 2010 18:54
13 yrs ago
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Danish term

a conto beløb

Danish to English Bus/Financial Finance (general) Form of payment (?)
The term is commonly used, - a lot of hits on Google, sometimes with "contobeløb" as one word, - but I've so far found no English equivalent. From the contexts, it seems to signify some method of payment.

Proposed translations

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On-account amount/figure

I believe it should be one word. conto beløb means account amount.
Peer comment(s):

agree Brian Young : installment payments would be closer. If you ask to pay for something "a conto" that is usually what is meant.
4 hrs
agree Nikolaj Widenmann : It is one word. My "Dansk-Engelsk "Økonomisk Ordbog" has it as "on account", but installment payments is another option.
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10 hrs

advance/deposit/instalment

depends on the context, examples:
"Du kan også vælge at betale 300 kr. aconto - så får du en e-mail sendt ud med nye lejligheds/værelsestilbud inden de lægges ud på websiden her. Er det een af de grøn baggrundsfarvede sider kommer der ikke noget tillæg udover de 300 kr. du betaler for at stå på mail-listen. Er det een af de "hvidsidede" - så kommer der et tillæg på 700 kr. "
http://www.boligaalborg.dk/

"Tilbagebetaling kan ske gennem modregning i det a conto beløb, som Arbejdstilsynet opkræver efter stk. 3 og § 6, stk. 2."
http://www.at.dk/REGLER/Bekendtgorelser/B/SAM-Bidrag-til-AMR...

"contobeløbet
Det à conto beløb, du betaler hver måned, er fastsat ud fra en gennemsnitlig kvadratmeter pris for den afdeling, du bor i. "
http://www.lejerbo.dk/Beboere/Spoergsmaal_og_svar/Forbrug.as...

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Note added at 10 hrs (2010-10-27 04:58:58 GMT)
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The answer should read "advance/deposit/instalment amount"
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13 hrs

sum on account

Is what I would call it.

Try googling and see if it fits!
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