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PAYMENT POSTAGE [6 records]

Record 1 2014-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mail Pickup and Distribution
  • Shipping and Delivery
CONT

Parcel services, options and special services require payment of the applicable prices when sending Government Mail Free of Postage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Levée et distribution du courrier
  • Expédition et livraison
CONT

Les services de colis, les options et les services spéciaux sont assujettis aux tarifs applicables lorsque des Envois transmis en franchise pour le gouvernement sont expédiés.

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-05-31

English

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

Larger companies, particularly publicly held corporations, are required to use the accrual basis of accounting. From the accrual accounting perspective, the purpose of the expenditure determines whether or not the expenditure is an expense at the time of payment. For example, if a business expends cash for office supplies, no expense occurs until the office supplies are used in business operations. The spending of cash is not the "critical event". Thus, when a business buys postage stamps, it has purchased an "asset", that is, an item that has a future potential to benefit the company. If the stamps are used to mail an invoice to a customer or supplier, then the "expense" occurs because the stamp(asset) has no further benefit for the company.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière

Spanish

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Record 3 1993-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
  • General Vocabulary
CONT

... the bank shall not make any payment on account of incorporation or organization expenses out of moneys received form the issue of the shares of the bank and interest thereon, except reasonable sums... for the payment of clerical assistance, legal services, accounting services, office accommodation at one location, office expenses, advertising stationery, postage and travel expenses. [Bank Act].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
  • Vocabulaire général
CONT

[...] il est interdit à la banque de payer ses dépenses de constitution et d'organisation sur les fonds procurés par l'émission d'actions et les intérêts y afférents, sauf en ce qui concerne, et ce pour un montant raisonnable [...] les dépenses de secrétariat, de services juridiques, de comptabilité et d'aménagement - en un seul endroit - de bureaux, ainsi que les frais de bureau, de publicité, de papeterie d'affranchissement et de déplacement. [Loi sur les banques].

Spanish

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Record 4 1993-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Laws and Regulations
OBS

Canada Post Corporation Act, revocation on January 2, 1989.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements
OBS

Loi sur la Société canadienne des postes.

Spanish

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Record 5 1993-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postage
CONT

He suggested that postage prepayment be made "by using a bit of paper just large enough to bear the stamp (design) and covered at the back with a glutinous wash." (Paper Gold, 1976, p. 28).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Affranchissement du courrier
DEF

Ensemble de figurines postales apposées sur un objet et représentant le port requis pour en permettre l'acheminement sans frais par le destinataire. (Les timbres, guide pratique du collectionneur, 1981, page 124).

Spanish

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Record 6 1978-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postage Stamps and Stamp Cancelling
DEF

Cover mailed with markings indicating postage payment and without postage stamp.

OBS

Equivalents anglais et français et définition trouvés dans une vitrine d’exposition du Musée des Postes du Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Timbres et oblitération

Spanish

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