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Grundentgelt

English translation: Montly base rate or service charge

09:15 Feb 20, 2003
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Telecom(munications) / telecom
German term or phrase: Grundentgelt
"Grundentgelt", monthly fee for telephone services. Is there one standard U.S. term for this?
georg schreiner
Local time: 15:03
English translation:Montly base rate or service charge
Explanation:

There is no monthly base service charge on my telephone bill, only a bunch of different monthly service charges. But where there are base charges, they are called base rates or base service charges.
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EMatt
Local time: 09:03
Grading comment
Thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +5Montly base rate or service charge
EMatt
5subscription rate
Edith Kelly
4 +1fixed monthly charge
Nicole Tata
5basic service charges
Ellen Zittinger


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
subscription rate


Explanation:
The annual subscription rate is less than the newsstand rate and is usually
much less than the mail/telephone monthly rates offers you may receive. ...
www.law.state.ak.us/consumer/tele_magazine.html -

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Note added at 2003-02-20 09:19:46 (GMT)
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I think you can also say rental rate in the US but not sure. In the cable TV industry, it\'s definitely subscription rate.

Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Local time: 15:03
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
fixed monthly charge


Explanation:
seems to be getting a lot of US google hits ...

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Note added at 2003-02-20 09:39:06 (GMT)
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of fixed monthly fee

Nicole Tata
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:03
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Robin Ward: sounds like it to me too -
34 mins
  -> thanks, snappy!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
Montly base rate or service charge


Explanation:

There is no monthly base service charge on my telephone bill, only a bunch of different monthly service charges. But where there are base charges, they are called base rates or base service charges.


    My phone bill.
EMatt
Local time: 09:03
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Olav Rixen: I'd go with monthly service charge
58 mins
agree  thomas_a: yep, that's what my SBC bill says (with H though ;-)
1 hr
agree  Susan Starling: I'd go with base rate, since other charges are added to the Grundentgelt
1 hr
agree  Andrea Nemeth-Newhauser
2 hrs
agree  Ron Stelter
4 hrs
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
basic service charges


Explanation:
that's what it says on my phone bill

Ellen Zittinger
Local time: 06:03
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
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