Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

standing bill

Romanian translation:

cont deschis/credit

Added to glossary by adami
Sep 23, 2015 20:18
8 yrs ago
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English term

standing bill

English to Romanian Art/Literary Accounting engleza secolului XIX
For the present, it is true, we were reduced to the narrow income of the curacy; but my father seemed to think there was no necessity for scrupulously restricting our expenditure to that; so, with a standing bill at Mr. Jackson’s, another at Smith’s, and a third at Hobson’s, we got along even more comfortably than before.
Proposed translations (Romanian)
4 +2 cont deschis/credit
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Jan 14, 2018 14:13: adami Created KOG entry

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cont deschis/credit

A avea cont deschis (la un furnizor) inseamna ca poti cumpara pe credit si plati din cand in cand, ”la leafa”. Se spune si ”a avea credit la”...

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Note added at 14 mins (2015-09-23 20:32:54 GMT)
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Fara parinti (a crescut la orfelinat, printre cazanele cu mancare) si fara ocupatie precisa, cuceritor prin farmecul personal (care-i permite ca in plin stalinism sa aiba "cont deschis" la multe carciumi...), Cazane-senior o cucereste spontan pe tanara Georgeta Cosmoiu din Liveni, sat moldovean din preajma Siretului, si, dupa mariajul lor bucurestean, ii uimeste pe sateni prin harnicia lui si prin rosiile "cat pepenasii" pe care le cultiva.
http://www.revista22.ro/a-href-bucurestiul-cultural-68-4454h...
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agree ANDA PENA RO
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agree Sokin
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