French term
convention d'unité de compte
I have researched the whole phrase and it refers to the combining of multiple bank accounts into one single account, as far as I can gather, but I don't know if there is a standard English term for this. The closest I can come that has any decent number of Google hits is "Account Aggregation Agreement" but it seems that this refers to viewing multiple bank accounts on one online web page, rather than consolidating all the accounts into one. No other phrases that I've tried seem to bring back many hits, or else they clearly refer to different sorts of agreement.
This doesn't appear to have anything to do with the standard translation of "unité de compte" as "unit of account" or "accounting unit".
The full sentence is:
"Le compte courant figurant aux conditions particulières sur lequel est utilisée l'ouverture de crédit C.T.C. est exclu de toute convention d'unité de compte existante ou à venir entre le client et [name of bank]."
Thanks in advance for suggestions!
| 3 | consolidation agreement |
sneaky13
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| 3 | account fungibility agreement |
sneaky13
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| 3 -1 | unit of account agreement |
Chris Hall
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Jun 2, 2010 08:44: Julie Barber changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
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Proposed translations
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Native in: English (Variants: British, UK)
Works in: French to English, English
unit of account agreement
| I think "unité de compte"/"unit of account" is a red herring here, as I said in my question - this refers to an agreement to join up multiple accounts into one, nothing to do with the definition of "unit of account"/"unité de compte". I have found several definitions in French for "convention de unité de compte" - I just don't know what to call it in English! |
consolidation agreement
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Note added at 6 heures (2010-06-02 10:41:18 GMT)
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why not ? :) it's an agreement the bank wants to be signed and it seems similar to "convention d'unité de compte "
account fungibility agreement
fungibility seems to be used in such a case
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Note added at 6 heures (2010-06-02 10:43:01 GMT)
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sorry for giving two answers but I'm not sure which is best
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