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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2010-09-03

English

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

Netting. Perhaps nowhere in cash management is there an opportunity to cut costs as readily as through the implementation of a netting system. This allows companies to "net" intracompany payments so that fewer transactions will occur. Firms have realized that they can sharply reduce the number of foreign exchange transactions and funds transfers by offsetting payments among subsidiaries within a corporate group.

OBS

netting: term published in the Journal officiel by the Commission générale de terminologie et de néologie of the Government of France.

French

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

Technique d'optimisation de la trésorerie d'un groupe, principalement à l'égard du risque de change, et consistant à compenser les dettes et créancesm, par devises, à l'intérieur du groupe.

OBS

compensation monétaire de groupe; CMG : terme, abréviation et définition publiés au Journal officiel par la Commission générale de terminologie et de néologie du gouvernement de la France.

Spanish

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Record 2 1989-08-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Pollution
  • Environmental Law
DEF

An incentive control measure which exempts factory modernization from the burdensome pre-construction review as long as other reductions ensure that the net plant-wide emissions do not increase.

OBS

Netting. Perhaps nowhere in cash management is there an opportunity to cut costs as readily as through the implementation of a netting system. This allows companies to "net" intracompany payments so that fewer transactions will occur. Firms have realized that they can sharply reduce the number of foreign exchange transactions and funds transfers by offsetting payments among subsidiaries within a corporate group.

OBS

Compare with "bubble concept", "offset concept" and "banking concept". All these concepts have been recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency in the U.S.A. Information supplied by Mr. John Hillborne, Environment Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'air
  • Droit environnemental
OBS

compensation monétaire de groupe : Technique d'optimisation de la trésorerie d'un groupe principalement à l'égard du risque de change, et consistant à compenser les dettes et créances, par devises, à l'intérieur du groupe.

Spanish

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Record 3 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
OBS

PPB

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances

Spanish

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