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PAYMENT INSTALLMENTS [8 records]

Record 1 2026-01-08

English

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

The payment of the interest on a debt and of such installments of the principal as are legally due. Normally, the term is used in connection with a public debt.

CONT

debt service burden, debt service reduction, debt service suspended, to lighten debt servicing.

OBS

Debt service : Officially approved by the Management Committee for the BCF (budgetary, accounting and financial) Glossary. Use of this term is mandatory in Canadian government texts.

PHR

debt servicing obligations.

PHR

to service a debt.

Key term(s)
  • servicing of debt
  • public debt service
  • service of the public debt
  • servicing of government debt

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité publique
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
  • Prêts et emprunts
  • Commerce extérieur
DEF

Ensemble des sommes qu'une entreprise ou un organisme public est tenu de verser au cours d'un exercice au titre des capitaux empruntés et comprenant à la fois les intérêts et les remboursements de principal.

CONT

fardeau du service de la dette, réduction du service de la dette, service de la dette suspendu, alléger le service de la dette.

OBS

Service de la dette : terme uniformisé par le Comité de gestion du Lexique BCF (budgétaire, comptable et financier) et d'usage obligatoire dans la Fonction publique fédérale.

PHR

obligations liées au service de la dette.

PHR

assurer le service de la dette.

Key term(s)
  • service de la dette publique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contabilidad pública
  • Gestión presupuestaria y financiera
  • Préstamos
  • Comercio exterior
DEF

Pago hecho por un prestatario a un prestamista. Puede incluir uno o todos los siguientes: 1) pago de intereses; 2) reembolso del principal; y 3) comisión por compromiso.

CONT

carga del servicio de la deuda, reducción del servicio de la deuda, servicio de la deuda suspendido, aliviar el servicio de la deuda.

PHR

obligaciones relativas al servicio de la deuda.

PHR

atender el servicio de la deuda.

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Record 2 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Loans
  • Social Security and Employment Insurance
  • Foreign Trade
CONT

Typically, the customer makes a cash down payment and agrees to pay the remainder in monthly installments, over a period ranging from a few months to several years.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prêts et emprunts
  • Sécurité sociale et assurance-emploi
  • Commerce extérieur
DEF

Somme d'argent due mensuellement par un débiteur. Elle est composée d'intérêts et d'une partie du capital.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Préstamos
  • Seguridad social y seguro de desempleo
  • Comercio exterior
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Record 3 2015-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Loans
Key term(s)
  • payment by installments

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prêts et emprunts

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Préstamos
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Record 4 2002-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insurance
CONT

When our direct billing plan provides for advance payment of commission and subsequent installments are not paid to us by the Virtual Producer Customer, we will cancel the policy for nonpayment and deduct the unearned commission from your next commission check.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Assurances
DEF

Versement anticipé de tout ou partie d'une commission perçue.

OBS

précompte de commission : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR; escompte de commission : terme déconseillé par l'AFNOR. Extrait de la norme NF-K40-001, reproduite avec l'autorisation de l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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Record 5 1999-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
DEF

To acquire a good delaying payment until a later date, usually incurring interest. Even if all purchasers pay in installments(for example, an encyclopaedia) the interest is added to the initial price and there is no discount for payment in cash, to make it appear as if interest were not charged.

OBS

buy on credit: term and definition reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

Key term(s)
  • buy on terms

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
DEF

Acquérir un bien dont le paiement est différé. En général ce genre d'achat donne lieu au paiement d'intérêts, mais si tous les acheteurs payent à crédit (une encyclopédie, par exemple), les intérêts s'ajoutent au prix initial et il n'y a pas de réduction en cas de paiement comptant, pour faire semblant de ne pas toucher des intérêts.

OBS

acheter à crédit : terme et définition extraits du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduits avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Finanzas
DEF

Adquirir un bien aplazando el pago a un momento posterior. En general este tipo de compra da lugar a intereses, aunque si todos los compradores pagan a plazos (por ejemplo, una enciclopedia) los intereses se suman al precio inicial y no hay descuento por pago al contado, para dar la apariencia de que no se cobran intereses.

OBS

comprar a crédito: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 6 1998-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Planning
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
DEF

The annual payment that will repay a loan of 1 currency unit in x years with compound interest on the unpaid balance. The reciprocal of the present worth of an annuity factor. Generally obtained from a set of compounding and discounting tables. This factor permits calculating the equal installments necessary to repay(amortize) a loan over a given period at a stated interest rate. The total payment is a varying combination of both interest and repayment(amortization) of principal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planification économique
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Planificación económica
  • Gestión presupuestaria y financiera
DEF

Es el pago anual que reembolsará un préstamo de una unidad monetaria en x años, con interés compuesto sobre el saldo impagado. Es el recíproco del valor actual de una anualidad constante. Se obtiene, en general, de un conjunto de tablas de interés compuesto y de descuento. Este factor permite calcular los pagos iguales necesarios para reembolsar (amortizar) un préstamo en el curso de un período determinado a una tasa fija de interés. El pago total es una combinación variada de interés y reembolso (amortización) del principal.

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Record 7 1998-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Loans
DEF

A guarantee that would cover, at any given time, only one or two payment installments but would, if the covered payments are met, "roll" to subsequent payments.

CONT

Rolling guarantee of interest payments.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prêts et emprunts

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Préstamos
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Record 8 1996-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remuneration (Personnel Management)
CONT

Lump-sum payment, payable in three installments.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rémunération (Gestion du personnel)
CONT

Somme forfaitaire payable en trois versements.

Spanish

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