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Compte courant

English translation: current account

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French term or phrase:Compte courant
English translation:current account
Entered by: B D Finch

11:19 Sep 26, 2019
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial - Accounting
French term or phrase: Compte courant
What is the French term “compte courant “ in English ?
Apparently the text isn’t long enough so I have to write some more :)
Anthony Hill
current account
Explanation:
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compte_courant
Un compte courant, terme hérité de l'italien : conto corrente, souvent aussi appelé, par abus de langage, compte à vue ou CAV, compte de dépôt ou compte chèque, est un type de compte en banque utilisé dans les relations commerciales et financières représentant les rapports existant entre deux personnes qui, effectuant ...

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Note added at 1 day 4 hrs (2019-09-27 15:35:44 GMT)
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https://www.economie.gouv.fr/entreprises/compte-bancaire-pro...
"Toutes les sociétés à capital social (EURL, SA, SAS, SARL…) doivent ouvrir un compte courant professionnel au moment de leur création pour déposer leur capital social."
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B D Finch
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Local time: 02:29
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4 +2current account
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current account


Explanation:
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compte_courant
Un compte courant, terme hérité de l'italien : conto corrente, souvent aussi appelé, par abus de langage, compte à vue ou CAV, compte de dépôt ou compte chèque, est un type de compte en banque utilisé dans les relations commerciales et financières représentant les rapports existant entre deux personnes qui, effectuant ...

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Note added at 1 day 4 hrs (2019-09-27 15:35:44 GMT)
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https://www.economie.gouv.fr/entreprises/compte-bancaire-pro...
"Toutes les sociétés à capital social (EURL, SA, SAS, SARL…) doivent ouvrir un compte courant professionnel au moment de leur création pour déposer leur capital social."

B D Finch
France
Local time: 02:29
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 32
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway: I don't ever go anywhere near this field but even I could have answered this correctly /exactly!
32 mins
  -> Thanks. I could have written that comment myself if you'd posted the answer!
neutral  Mike Roebuck: Could this, in this case, mean an account current, which is an accountancy term, as opposed to current account, which is a banking term (see header)?
1 hr
  -> I'm not that familiar with accountancy, but Investopedia says "account current" is about insurance agents: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/account-current.asp.
disagree  Daryo: all ghits for "Compte courant" as a term used in the accounts of a business are about "Le compte courant d'associé" // far from "Non-PRO" and pointless to even try to answer without more relevant context.
1 day 1 hr
  -> That is simply not right. See note just posted: https://www.economie.gouv.fr/entreprises/compte-bancaire-pro...
agree  Jennifer White: Don't understand the disagree. Why make things complicated?
1 day 1 hr
  -> Thanks Jennifer - See my reply to Daryo and added note above.
agree  Michael Confais (X)
8 days
  -> Thanks Michael
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