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Proceeding Quarter

English translation: preceding quarter

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English term or phrase:Proceeding Quarter
Selected answer:preceding quarter
Entered by: A.Đapo

09:41 Oct 24, 2005
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Law: Contract(s)
English term or phrase: Proceeding Quarter
X shall deliver to Operator the Royalty in the form of a bank draft or transfer no later than 60 days after the end of the Proceeding Quarter.

Just need to be sure. Could you just give a short explanation of this phrase.
thanx
A.Đapo
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Local time: 06:35
preceding quarter
Explanation:
It must be a typo for "preceding quarter" - i.e. the previous three-month period.
Selected response from:

Marie-Hélène Hayles
Local time: 06:35
Grading comment
thank you
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4 +14preceding quarter
Marie-Hélène Hayles


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +14
proceeding quarter
preceding quarter


Explanation:
It must be a typo for "preceding quarter" - i.e. the previous three-month period.

Marie-Hélène Hayles
Local time: 06:35
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 14
Grading comment
thank you

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kurt Porter
0 min
agree  Louise Mawbey
2 mins
agree  Dave Calderhead
5 mins
agree  Jack Doughty
8 mins
agree  Andy Watkinson
20 mins
agree  Victor Potapov: preceding.
59 mins
agree  LJC (X)
1 hr
agree  Brie Vernier
1 hr
agree  Charlesp: The term "proceeding quarter" is sometimes used (see Google hits), buit it is wrong English - let's call it a grammar mistake.
2 hrs
agree  Can Altinbay: I checked because of a nagging suspicion that they meant something else, but all the hits use it to mean "preceding". Sigh. The beginning of the acceptance of another bad mistake, no doubt.
3 hrs
  -> yes - I checked too for the same reason - there's a shocking number of hits for it! And as you say, all meaning "preceding". :-(
agree  Refugio: It is a common spelling mistake, but one hates to see it in a contract.
3 hrs
agree  jccantrell
4 hrs
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
7 hrs
agree  Saleh Chowdhury, Ph.D.
1 day 5 hrs
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