conta-mãe

English translation: master account

00:37 Feb 14, 2007
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Government / Politics
Portuguese term or phrase: conta-mãe
Before anyone responds 'tell mother' it's a central bank account. Can someone give me the right wording?

Main account, Central account, something else?

I've never heard of "Mother Account"

"Eles usavam uma conta-mãe no banco YYYYYY"

Thank You
R. Alex Jenkins
Brazil
Local time: 19:56
English translation:master account
Explanation:
This is a pretty standard expression (263,000 refs).

Our Master Account with Sub-Accounts service is perfect for families, ... It allows you to set up a Master Account with sub-accounts which you control. ...
www.newstext.com.au/pages/mi.asp

A master account allows customers to access all of their individual accounts using ... A master account is used for gaining access to associated individual ...
www.city.ames.ia.us/UtilityWeb/Click2gov/default.htm

The associate accounts carry the spending authority, while the master account carries unallocated budget, or, in some cases, specialized spending authority. ...
adminet.uchicago.edu/fasmanual/docs/3.b.0.html

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Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 15:56
Grading comment
That's it Muriel. Thank You very much. Perfect.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1master account
Muriel Vasconcellos
4mother account
rhandler
4Principal Account
Simon Charass
4reserve
Clara Duarte
4pivot account
Lincoln Silveira (X)


  

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mother account


Explanation:
Veja este exemplo, do Banco Mundial:

[PDF] The World Bank
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP, the Central Bank of the Philippines) who in turn credits the ... mother account to the Project account of the ...
www-wds.worldbank.org/.../WDSP/IB/2002/11/22/000094946_02111404061131/Rendered/PDF/multi0page.pdf


rhandler
Local time: 19:56
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Native speaker of: Portuguese
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Principal Account


Explanation:
I would say.

Simon Charass
Canada
Local time: 18:56
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
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reserve


Explanation:
Central banks only hold accounts for commercial banks, and these accounts are called reserves. It makes sense to me, but I'm not able to verify if it's consistent with the rest of the source text. Could it be, Richard?

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Note added at 1 hora (2007-02-14 02:20:57 GMT)
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Ah! :) Then it's their main account at a state bank also refered to as a central bank.

Clara Duarte
Portugal
Local time: 22:56
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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Notes to answerer
Asker: I don't think it is 'reserve' because the text is talking about where illegal money dealers store their cash before sending it abroad. It's definitely in the right area though, thanks.

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pivot account


Explanation:
Check Google for this term.

It may not exactly be what you are looking for, though. I don't think it is a specific technical term, but rather a way to refer to a main account in relation to other lesser important accounts. Hence, "main account" or anything along this line may fit the bill here as well.

Lincoln Silveira (X)
Brazil
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master account


Explanation:
This is a pretty standard expression (263,000 refs).

Our Master Account with Sub-Accounts service is perfect for families, ... It allows you to set up a Master Account with sub-accounts which you control. ...
www.newstext.com.au/pages/mi.asp

A master account allows customers to access all of their individual accounts using ... A master account is used for gaining access to associated individual ...
www.city.ames.ia.us/UtilityWeb/Click2gov/default.htm

The associate accounts carry the spending authority, while the master account carries unallocated budget, or, in some cases, specialized spending authority. ...
adminet.uchicago.edu/fasmanual/docs/3.b.0.html



Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 15:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 121
Grading comment
That's it Muriel. Thank You very much. Perfect.

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