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AUTHORITY INITIATE EXPENDITURES [1 record]

Record 1 2010-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Accounting
  • Special-Language Phraseology
  • Public Sector Budgeting
DEF

The authority to begin a transaction that will result in a payment or other charge to a budget.

OBS

[The authority to initiate expenditures] includes ordering supplies or services, approving a contribution, and starting a staffing action.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité publique
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
  • Budget des collectivités publiques
DEF

Autorisation d'[entamer] une opération qui entraînera un paiement ou une autre imputation à un poste budgétaire.

OBS

[Le pouvoir d'engager des dépenses] peut s'agir d'une commande de fournitures ou de services, de l'approbation d'une contribution et de l'amorce d'une mesure de dotation.

Spanish

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