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a rotunji

English translation: to round up / round down

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Romanian term or phrase:a rotunji
English translation:to round up / round down
Entered by: David Wright (X)

10:18 Feb 7, 2007
Romanian to English translations [PRO]
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Romanian term or phrase: a rotunji
despre sume de bani. Merci
siminagheorghe
Local time: 06:09
to round up
Explanation:
money is often "rounded up: to the nearest pound, euro, etc
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David Wright (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:09
Grading comment
Merci
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3to round off
Peter Shortall
4 +2to round up
David Wright (X)


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
to round up


Explanation:
money is often "rounded up: to the nearest pound, euro, etc

David Wright (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:09
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Merci

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bogdan Burghelea: or "to round down", for that matter.
2 mins
  -> Mulţumesc, Bogdan
agree  C.Roman (X): Also gree with Bogdan's additional note
3 mins
  -> Mulţumesc, Consuela
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52 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
to round off


Explanation:
If you don't know whether it's up or down - or if it can be either - you can use "to round off" (which means to round either up or down to the nearest desired figure).

e.g.

"Prices quoted in Pounds Sterling (£) are rounded off to the nearest 5p."
http://www.rms-st-helena.com/namibia.html

Peter Shortall
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Elena Iercoşan: eu aşa îl folosesc :) Salut!
33 mins
  -> Hi Elena! :)
agree  Tudor Soiman
43 mins
  -> Mulţumesc!
agree  Anca Nitu
9 hrs
  -> Mulţumesc!
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