Glossary entry

Dutch term or phrase:

V.O.F. (vennootschap onder firma)

English translation:

general partnership

Added to glossary by MoiraB
Jan 31, 2005 18:00
19 yrs ago
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Dutch term

V.O.F. (vennootschap onder firma)

Dutch to English Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general)
V.O.F. (vennootschap onder firma) - soort bedrijf.

Ik weet dat normaal vertaal je dat niet maar hier gaat om uitleg wat vorm een bedrijf heeft. (meer of minder)
Proposed translations (English)
4 +9 partnership firm
3 a general partnership

Discussion

Non-ProZ.com Feb 7, 2005:
thank you! you're right...
MoiraB Feb 5, 2005:
Please note that there are only six Googles for the phrase 'partnership under common firm', all but one on Dutch sites. This should make you suspicious! I would tend to prefer the more general, and much more understandable, 'general partnership'.

Proposed translations

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7 mins
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partnership firm

of:
general partnership

Bron: verschillende woordenboeken
Peer comment(s):

agree Kate Hudson (X)
23 mins
Thanks!
agree Johan Venter
26 mins
Thanks!
agree FullCircle (X)
57 mins
Thanks!
agree jarry (X) : General partnership I think. Not a legal entity (yet) in the Netherlands
2 hrs
Thanks! Wasn't sure of the relative merits of the two options
agree Ariser
2 hrs
Thanks!
agree Els Thant, M.A., B.Tr. (X)
3 hrs
Thanks!
agree 11thmuse
4 hrs
Thanks!
agree Deborah do Carmo : yes general partnership - is basically a vehicle for doing business with contractual arrangements "in-house" between the partners themselves but to the outside world it is not a legal entity in many jurisdictions....is "sui generis" as we say in law
4 hrs
Thanks for the legal insight!
agree Annette van der Lei (X)
14 hrs
Thanks!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Kamer van Koophandel noemt het "partnership under common firm" http://www.kvk.nl/artikel/artikel.asp?artikelID=16161&sectieID=101 bedankt."
9 mins

a general partnership

The Vennootschap Onder Firma (“VOF”) is a general partnership in which the individual partners are jointly and severally liable for the debts of the ...
www.cifa.an/curacao/167/Vennootschap onder Firma.htm -

HTH
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