Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

mandat contre remboursement

English translation:

Payment (cash on delivery)

Added to glossary by GILLES MEUNIER
Apr 3, 2002 08:49
22 yrs ago
French term

mandat contre remboursement

French to English Bus/Financial
Transport context, instructions for payment on delivery consignments 'la formule de mandat contre remboursement choisie doit etre apposee au colis. Cette formule doit être remplie par le Client.

Proposed translations

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Payment (cash on delivery)

I think it's the expression
Peer comment(s):

agree DPolice : = livraison/ envoi contre remboursement
3 mins
agree Margaret Lagoyianni
4 mins
agree & Associates (X)
25 mins
agree Bharg Shah
1 hr
agree ayrin : that's how i had translated this term in a similar document.
1 hr
agree Parrot
2 hrs
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8 mins

money order

"mandat contre remboursement" is a bit of a redundancy..
could it be the usual formula :mandat, contre remboursement (one or the other)
then it would be :
money order or cash on delivery
Peer comment(s):

agree Dr. Chrys Chrystello
57 mins
agree zaphod
2 hrs
agree PaulaMac (X)
2 hrs
disagree Steven Geller : They are two different forms of payment.
6 hrs
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7 hrs

postal money order, COD (cash / collection on delivery)

There is a missing comma.

The usual expression is...

Commande en ligne par CB, Chèque, Mandat, Contre-Remboursement.

It means...

Mandat = (postal) money order
Contre-Remboursement = COD (Cash / Collection on Delivery)

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Termium gives...

Anglais :Vocabulaire général
Commerce
Commerce extérieur

cash on delivery s CORRECT,NORMALISÉ
COD s CORRECT,NORMALISÉ

collection on delivery s CORRECT
C.O.D. s CORRECT

Français :Vocabulaire général
Commerce
Commerce extérieur

contre remboursement s CORRECT,MASC,NORMALISÉ
C.R. s CORRECT
CR s NORMALISÉ

DEF - Coût des marchandises et autres frais perçus au moment de la livraison par le transporteur au consignataire. s
OBS - «Contre remboursement» et «CR» ont été normalisés par l'ONGC. s
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