inversiones de mantenimiento

English translation: maintenance outlays/ expenditures

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Spanish term or phrase:inversiones de mantenimiento
English translation:maintenance outlays/ expenditures
Entered by: GillW (MCIL)

14:43 Aug 11, 2010
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general) / company analysis
Spanish term or phrase: inversiones de mantenimiento
this appears in a company's investment plan/programme. It is contrasted with inversiones de expansion and adquisiciones. It is obviously the investment need to keep production at current levels etc. What is the correct term in English?
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GillW (MCIL)
Local time: 07:18
maintenance outlays/ expenditures
Explanation:
My suggestion.

Consisgtent with the concept that investments are not current expenses, expenditures or outlays yield present as well as future benefits to the company. Some operational improvements represented by these outlays are amortizable over a period of two years or more.


Emerald: Article Request - The determinants of maintenance ...
Maintenance expenditures represent more than net profits of several ... Examines maintenance expenditures of US chemical companies from 1975 to 1991. ...
www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/13552510010328112

[PDF]
Maintenance Expenditures
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
by IPM Hospitals
General revenues per civilian and maintenance expenditures in public mental .... Maintenance expenditures for public mental hospitals as percent of general ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/.../pubhealthreporig01079...

Capital and Maintenance Expenditures in Public Utility Accounting
by JH Bickley - 1928 - Cited by 1 - Related articles
and maintenance expenditures. If an industry is owned by its immediate man- ...... CAPITAL AND MAINTENANCE EXPENDITURES. 35 portant question; but, in sharp ...
www.jstor.org/stable/3139222 - Similar

Hopper Car Maintenance Expenditures Report - March 29 - Rail ...
15 Mar 2010 ... CP indicated it does not track maintenance expenditures by car number but does so on a car type basis (for all hopper cars). ...
www.tc.gc.ca/eng/policy/acg-acgb-reports-menu-810.htm - Cached

[PDF]
VIII. Operations and Maintenance
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Maintenance outlays. Proper maintenance brings immediate and future benefits by enhancing current productivity and retarding the depreciation of assets. ...
www.petersheller.com/documents/Operations_and_Maintenance.p...

Maintenance Costs and Economic DevelopmentMaintenance Costs and ...
by RC Blitz - 1959 - Cited by 6 - Related articles
maintenance outlays to capital longevi- ty; the labor-intensive nature of mainte- .... maintenance outlays. The problem is more com- ...
www.jstor.org/stable/1827310

NATO Review - No. 2 - April 1991
10 Apr 2002... significant savings in operations and maintenance outlays, savings which mainly reflect the reduced holdings of ground force equipment, ...
www.nato.int/docu/review/1991/9102-4.htm - Cached
#
Maintenance Behavior of Large-Scale Landlords and Theories of ...
by DS Elliott Jr - 1985 - Cited by 7 - Related articles
maintenance outlays occurs because the higher deterioration rate ... maintenance outlays can rise even as rents fall. Not only current ...
www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119519769/articletext?DOI=10...
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argosys
Local time: 14:18
Grading comment
A bit of research revealed that "maintenance expenditure" was the term, even though one could confuse it with running costs
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2running costs
Sarah Weston
4 +2maintenance expenses
Leonardo Lamarche
4maintenance outlays/ expenditures
argosys
2maintenance-level investments
Marian Vieyra


Discussion entries: 5





  

Answers


9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
maintenance-level investments


Explanation:
As opposed to investing in maintenance (of plant, machinery etc), or maybe the latter is what is meant. Need more context.


    Reference: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/1021422254-65327033/content...
Marian Vieyra
United Kingdom
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PRO pts in category: 52
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
running costs


Explanation:
is what's usually used as far as I know, unless it's something more specific.

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Note added at 7 mins (2010-08-11 14:50:30 GMT)
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running investments also exists if you prefer

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Note added at 11 mins (2010-08-11 14:54:47 GMT)
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The other option is "operating costs", which is the same as running costs.

Sarah Weston
United Kingdom
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michael McCann: Yes - agree - either running or operating costs
17 mins
  -> thanks, yes I agree that it's one of those two - not running investments.

agree  AllegroTrans
1 hr
  -> thanks!
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
maintenance expenses


Explanation:
In accounting it should be recorded as maintenance expenses. Investments are for fixed assets and, for exanple, major refurbishing of an equipment and thus increasing its operating life

Leonardo Lamarche
Venezuela
Local time: 02:18
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 80

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sarah Weston: Now that we have the context, I agree with you absolutely. The text is certainly talking about maintenance expenses, see: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/Maintenance-Expenses.asp
9 mins
  -> Well, let us hear the opinion of the asker.

agree  philgoddard: Definitely not running costs.
4 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias Phil.
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2 days 2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
maintenance outlays/ expenditures


Explanation:
My suggestion.

Consisgtent with the concept that investments are not current expenses, expenditures or outlays yield present as well as future benefits to the company. Some operational improvements represented by these outlays are amortizable over a period of two years or more.


Emerald: Article Request - The determinants of maintenance ...
Maintenance expenditures represent more than net profits of several ... Examines maintenance expenditures of US chemical companies from 1975 to 1991. ...
www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/13552510010328112

[PDF]
Maintenance Expenditures
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
by IPM Hospitals
General revenues per civilian and maintenance expenditures in public mental .... Maintenance expenditures for public mental hospitals as percent of general ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/.../pubhealthreporig01079...

Capital and Maintenance Expenditures in Public Utility Accounting
by JH Bickley - 1928 - Cited by 1 - Related articles
and maintenance expenditures. If an industry is owned by its immediate man- ...... CAPITAL AND MAINTENANCE EXPENDITURES. 35 portant question; but, in sharp ...
www.jstor.org/stable/3139222 - Similar

Hopper Car Maintenance Expenditures Report - March 29 - Rail ...
15 Mar 2010 ... CP indicated it does not track maintenance expenditures by car number but does so on a car type basis (for all hopper cars). ...
www.tc.gc.ca/eng/policy/acg-acgb-reports-menu-810.htm - Cached

[PDF]
VIII. Operations and Maintenance
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
Maintenance outlays. Proper maintenance brings immediate and future benefits by enhancing current productivity and retarding the depreciation of assets. ...
www.petersheller.com/documents/Operations_and_Maintenance.p...

Maintenance Costs and Economic DevelopmentMaintenance Costs and ...
by RC Blitz - 1959 - Cited by 6 - Related articles
maintenance outlays to capital longevi- ty; the labor-intensive nature of mainte- .... maintenance outlays. The problem is more com- ...
www.jstor.org/stable/1827310

NATO Review - No. 2 - April 1991
10 Apr 2002... significant savings in operations and maintenance outlays, savings which mainly reflect the reduced holdings of ground force equipment, ...
www.nato.int/docu/review/1991/9102-4.htm - Cached
#
Maintenance Behavior of Large-Scale Landlords and Theories of ...
by DS Elliott Jr - 1985 - Cited by 7 - Related articles
maintenance outlays occurs because the higher deterioration rate ... maintenance outlays can rise even as rents fall. Not only current ...
www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119519769/articletext?DOI=10...

argosys
Local time: 14:18
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 64
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