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extraordinära poster

English translation: Extraordinary items.

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Swedish term or phrase:extraordinära poster
English translation:Extraordinary items.
Entered by: Meadow Media

11:57 May 11, 2004
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)
Swedish term or phrase: extraordinära poster
Är det så enkelt som extraordinary items?
Meadow Media
Local time: 02:20
Jo, till fullo, Extraord. and not exceptional items.
Explanation:
Watch the diff. in Eng.

Except. items: 'exceptional by virtue of their size'.

Extraord. items: 'arising from abnormal or unusual events outside the range of the co. normal business and unlikely to recur'.

Dict. of Accounting & Finance, R. Brockington, Financial Times & Pitman Publ.

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KirstyMacC (X)
Local time: 00:20
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4 +5Jo, till fullo, Extraord. and not exceptional items.
KirstyMacC (X)


  

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Jo, till fullo, Extraord. and not exceptional items.


Explanation:
Watch the diff. in Eng.

Except. items: 'exceptional by virtue of their size'.

Extraord. items: 'arising from abnormal or unusual events outside the range of the co. normal business and unlikely to recur'.

Dict. of Accounting & Finance, R. Brockington, Financial Times & Pitman Publ.



KirstyMacC (X)
Local time: 00:20
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
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Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anders G: Ett alternativ är Non recurring items
9 mins
agree  Tim Kynerd: "Extraordinary items" in the US as well. (To my knowledge, "exceptional items" is not used in the US.)
13 mins
agree  Mario Marcolin
24 mins
agree  Anna Blanck
2 hrs
agree  PEK (X)
2 hrs
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