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mois tarif

English translation: tariff month

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French term or phrase:mois tarif
English translation:tariff month
Entered by: Tony M

14:33 Nov 7, 2012
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Retail / Supermarkets
French term or phrase: mois tarif
Cette grille doit être réalisée une fois par mois tarif

This is taken from a benchmark being used for a supermarket inspection - the 'grille' here is a chart (which contains a list of items to be checked, ranging from the levels of stock on the shelves to the cleanliness of the customer toilets) which must be filled in for each..... what on earth is a 'mois tarif' here? All I could think of was 'pricing month' but that is not a term (as far as I am aware) and is meaningless... any ideas? I would have thought that once a month would be sufficient here, but clearly they mean something more specific....
French2English
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:52
tariff month
Explanation:
I imagine it is either months that aren't aligned with the calendar (following on, say, from the contract start date)... or at least something along those lines.

Just a hunch, though, I'm afraid :-)

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Note added at 27 mins (2012-11-07 15:00:30 GMT)
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Of course, it if just possible that 'tarif' is short for something like 'tarifé' etc., and just means 'per month to be charged for'. One comes across things like this in e.g. 'prestation tarifée' = 'chargeable / paying service'
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1 +4tariff month
Tony M
3Once a month
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Once a month


Explanation:
It does not say when in a month and is a rather arty way of saying something simple it seems. I think the word tarif is implying effort.

See ref. a little vague so my confidence is medium


    Reference: http://enfr.dict.cc/?s=mois+tarif
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tariff month


Explanation:
I imagine it is either months that aren't aligned with the calendar (following on, say, from the contract start date)... or at least something along those lines.

Just a hunch, though, I'm afraid :-)

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Note added at 27 mins (2012-11-07 15:00:30 GMT)
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Of course, it if just possible that 'tarif' is short for something like 'tarifé' etc., and just means 'per month to be charged for'. One comes across things like this in e.g. 'prestation tarifée' = 'chargeable / paying service'

Tony M
France
Local time: 07:52
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 90
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  FoundInTrans: yes I agree it's a non specific time once a month, a very cool idiom and so French that I love it.
7 mins
  -> Thanks, Patrick! I think perhaps you and I have different ideas of 'cool'... ;-)
agree  Daryo: makes perfect sense
39 mins
  -> Merci, Daryo !
agree  philgoddard
47 mins
  -> Thanks, Phil!
agree  B D Finch: This reminds me of the six-day week used by my school: the first week of term, Monday was Day 1; the second week of term, Monday was Day 6 and Tuesday was Day 1 and so on. Awkward, but it solved some timetabling problems.
51 mins
  -> Thanks, B! Yes, some weird and wonderful ideas have been developed, haven't they?
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