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AUTORISATION PAIEMENT [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 2010-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Accounting
  • Auditing (Accounting)
DEF

The authority delegated by the minister, under Section 33 of the Financial Administration Act, to financial officers in a department to requisition payments and their charge to appropriations after reviewing the conformity of payments with the Act prior to their requisition and the exercising of all appropriate financial controls.

PHR

to delegate, exercise, have, be given, respect payment authority.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité publique
  • Vérification (Comptabilité)
DEF

Pouvoir délégué de procéder à des paiements et d'autoriser leur imputation sur les crédits budgétaires correspondants, après vérification de la conformité des paiements à la loi et de l'exercice des contrôles financiers qui s'imposent.

PHR

déléguer, exercer, avoir, avoir reçu le pouvoir de payer, respecter la délégation du pouvoir de payer.

Spanish

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