TERMIUM Plus®

The Government of Canada’s terminology and linguistic data bank.

ACCRUED PENSION COST [3 records]

Record 1 2010-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Employment Benefits
  • Working Practices and Conditions
DEF

A method of determining the annual cost of benefits under a pension plan whereby the cost of such benefits applicable to a particular plan year is taken as the actuarial value of the benefits that accrued in respect of service for that year.

OBS

See Consolidated Regulations of Canada (C.R.C.), 1978, chapter 1252, 2(1)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Avantages sociaux
  • Régimes et conditions de travail
DEF

Méthode permettant de déterminer le coût annuel des prestations, exprimé en tant que valeur actuarielle des prestations acquises pendant une année.

OBS

Voir la Codification des règlements du Canada (C.R.C.), 1978, chapitre 1252, 2(1)

Spanish

Save record 1

Record 2 2006-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial Accounting
CONT

Pension expense is to comprise normal cost, computed using a specified accrued benefit actuarial cost method, and based on management's best-estimate assumptions.

OBS

best-estimate assumptions; best estimate assumptions: terms usually used in plural.

Key term(s)
  • best estimate assumption
  • most-probable assumption
  • most-probable assumptions

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité générale
DEF

Dans les évaluations servant à des fins comptables, ensemble des hypothèses basées sur le jugement de la direction quant à l'ensemble des faits les plus susceptibles de se réaliser dans l'avenir.

OBS

hypothèses les plus probables; hypothèses les plus plausibles : termes habituellement utilisés au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • hypothèse la plus probable
  • hypothèse la plus plausible

Spanish

Save record 2

Record 3 2006-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Employment Benefits
  • Accounting
CONT

The purpose of pension accrual is to make sound provision for old age.

Key term(s)
  • accrual for pension costs

French

Domaine(s)
  • Avantages sociaux
  • Comptabilité
DEF

Compte de passif dont le solde correspond à l'excédent de l'ensemble des coûts du régime de retraite passés en charges sur le total des cotisations versées à la caisse de retraite jusqu'à la date considérée.

Spanish

Save record 3

Copyright notice for the TERMIUM Plus® data bank

© Public Services and Procurement Canada, 2025
TERMIUM Plus®, the Government of Canada's terminology and linguistic data bank
A product of the Translation Bureau

Features

Language Portal of Canada

Access a collection of Canadian resources on all aspects of English and French, including quizzes.

Writing tools

The Language Portal’s writing tools have a new look! Easy to consult, they give you access to a wealth of information that will help you write better in English and French.

Glossaries and vocabularies

Access Translation Bureau glossaries and vocabularies.

Date Modified: