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CASH AUTHORITY [2 records]

Record 1 2023-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Finances
DEF

A credit authorized against a budget, which allows an expenditure or expenditures to be made.

OBS

cash authority; cash credit: designations and definition standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances militaires
DEF

Crédit autorisé au titre d'un budget, permettant d'effectuer une ou plusieurs dépenses.

OBS

autorisation de paiement; crédit de paiement : désignations et définition normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 2 1985-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
  • Government Accounting
DEF

An amount up to which [a department] is authorized by Parliament to requisition payments, chargeable in the current fiscal year to the annual appropriation, for commitments that will come due for payment before or on the last day of the fiscal year.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
  • Comptabilité publique
DEF

Montant dont [un ministère] est autorisé par le Parlement à demander le paiement, imputable au titre de l'année financière en cours sur l'affectation budgétaire annuelle, au titre des engagements dont le paiement devra s'effectuer jusqu'au dernier jour de l'année financière inclusivement

Spanish

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