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överavskrivning

English translation: accelerated depreciation

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Swedish term or phrase:överavskrivning
English translation:accelerated depreciation
Entered by: Rodrigo Trompiz

10:30 Dec 12, 2005
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)
Swedish term or phrase: överavskrivning
From a company's accounts. One column is headed "överavskrivning enl bokföring"

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Rodrigo Trompiz
Local time: 14:34
accelerated depreciation
Explanation:
This is FAR's first suggestion, and I think better than 'additional' or 'supplementary', because the whole point of överavskrivning is that you depreciate faster than normal, faster than planned, in order to build up a financial buffer to cover future deficiencies, so that you can improve the results in a later year. In other words, it is part of a deliberate prudent financial policy, possibly not justified in commercial terms.
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Peter Linton (X)
Local time: 14:34
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3additional depreciation
Ingrid Abramson
4supplementary depreciation
jennlee
4accelerated depreciation
Peter Linton (X)


  

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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
överavskrivning
additional depreciation


Explanation:
Enligt Gullbergs: supplementary (extra) depreciation; additional (accelerated) depreciation

Ingrid Abramson
Local time: 15:34
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Native speaker of: Swedish
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  ojinaga
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agree  Clare Barnes: also in FAR
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agree  cologne
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
överavskrivning
supplementary depreciation


Explanation:
According to Norstedts Juridik Ekonomiordbok

jennlee
Local time: 15:34
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3 days 4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
överavskrivning
accelerated depreciation


Explanation:
This is FAR's first suggestion, and I think better than 'additional' or 'supplementary', because the whole point of överavskrivning is that you depreciate faster than normal, faster than planned, in order to build up a financial buffer to cover future deficiencies, so that you can improve the results in a later year. In other words, it is part of a deliberate prudent financial policy, possibly not justified in commercial terms.


Peter Linton (X)
Local time: 14:34
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 72
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