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DEGREE ASSURANCE [2 records]

Record 1 2008-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Accounting
CONT

Accountants provide these outside users with assurance that someone independent has looked at your business's activity and is satisfied it is accurately and completely reflected in your financial statements. The more assurance that is required by the users of your business's financial statements, the more work is required from the accountant, and the higher your accounting bill will be.

OBS

The three levels of assurance an accountant can give are [for] compilations, reviews and audits.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité
DEF

Degré de satisfaction atteint et exprimé par le professionnel comptable dans sa conclusion quant à l'absence d'inexactitudes ou anomalies importantes dans les informations ou autres éléments faisant l'objet de sa mission.

OBS

La mission d'audit est destinée à fournir une assurance élevée, mais non absolue; pour cette raison, l'auditeur exprime son opinion de manière affirmative en donnant une assurance raisonnable à l'égard des éléments considérés. La mission d'examen (ou d'examen limité) est destinée à fournir une assurance modérée [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 1985-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications
  • Probability (Statistics)
DEF

The percentage of times that a certain variable will not exceed a certain value; e.g., response time not to exceed three seconds 90% of the time.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications
  • Probabilités (Statistique)
DEF

Pourcentage d'occurrences où une variable donnée ne dépasse pas une quantité donnée. Par exemple, le délai ou temps de réponse ne doit pas dépasser trois secondes 90% du temps.

Spanish

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