Arcas municipales

English translation: municipal coffers

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Spanish term or phrase:Arcas municipales
English translation:municipal coffers
Entered by: broca

15:56 Dec 11, 2012
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - History
Spanish term or phrase: Arcas municipales
"El coste absoluto y relativo para las arcas municipales de esta festividad [Corpus Christi], en la que la oligarquía portuense subrogaba sus propios intereses".
broca
Local time: 02:01
municipal coffers
Explanation:
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From the Oxford English:

coffers
the funds or financial reserves of an institution.
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Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:01
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5 +8municipal coffers
Simon Bruni
4 +1municipal treasury
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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
municipal treasury


Explanation:
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PROBABLY no local improvement made by the city at nominal cost to the municipal treasury was ever received by the people most directly affected with so much ...
Shakira in concert in Merida, next July 16, announced the City Council
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17 Mar 2011 – ... is clear: Reviving tourism, Mérida`s position and convert the concert to a trigger for economic activity at zero cost to the municipal treasury.

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agree  Richard Hill
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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +8
municipal coffers


Explanation:
https://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=...

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Note added at 2 mins (2012-12-11 15:58:59 GMT)
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From the Oxford English:

coffers
the funds or financial reserves of an institution.


Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:01
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Davis
2 mins

agree  Lisa McCarthy
8 mins

agree  Evans (X)
11 mins

agree  Kate Major Patience
1 hr

agree  Noni Gilbert Riley: MTE (My thoughts exactly!)
1 hr

agree  K Donnelly
6 hrs

agree  JaneTranslates: Made me think of the "Community Chest" of my old Monopoly game.
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agree  Alan Furth (X)
2 days 9 hrs
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