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control de ahorros

English translation: Savings control

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Spanish term or phrase:control de ahorros
English translation:Savings control
Entered by: garci

01:33 Feb 19, 2007
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)
Spanish term or phrase: control de ahorros
in a purchasing procedures document:

El objetivo de este documento es establecer las Definiciones, Responsabilidades, Acciones de Compras y Control de Ahorros de la compania.

What's the best way to express this term?
Michelle Temple
Canada
Local time: 01:16
Savings control
Explanation:
Suerte, Michelle !
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garci
Local time: 01:16
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4Savings control
garci
5thrifts control/savings control
gamax
4savings oversight
Phillip Berryman


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Savings control


Explanation:
Suerte, Michelle !

garci
Local time: 01:16
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 36
Grading comment
:)

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
thrifts control/savings control


Explanation:
Si se refiere exclusivamente a procedimientos de compras, pudiera tratarse del control de los descuentos obtenidos de proveedores, lo que puede traducirse como "discounts control" o "price deductions"

suerte!

gamax
Mexico
Local time: 00:16
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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1 day 2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
savings oversight


Explanation:
Control often means "oversight" or "supervision."
The meanings of control, oversight, supervision, control tend to merge.

Phillip Berryman
Local time: 03:16
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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