Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
zahlungshalber Akzepte
English translation:
payment by bills of exchange
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Lorna O'Donoghue
Jan 16, 2004 14:28
20 yrs ago
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German term
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Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
zahlungshalber akzepte
German to English
Bus/Financial
Es bleibt uns vorbehalten, Ihnen zahlungshalber Akzepte mit 3 Monaten Laufzeit zu uebergeben.
Payment conditions for construction services.
Payment conditions for construction services.
Proposed translations
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Proposed translations
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to use bills of exchange for the purpose of payment
The full sentence should therefore read:
"We reserve the right to pay you using bills of exchange with a tenor of 3 months".
"We reserve the right to pay you using bills of exchange with a tenor of 3 months".
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David Moore (X)
: LGTM
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Comment: "Many thanks!"
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Holger Thomas
Ireland
Ireland
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English
Ireland
Reliable Technical Translations EN-DE
Native in: German 
, English
Works in: English to German, German to English
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We reserve to hand you over accepts of 3 month’s runtime for payment purposes.
accepts are payments which are not cash, could be for instance a bankdraft or credit papers, which have to be "accepted" by the bank of the service provider.
Kind regards,
Holger.
Kind regards,
Holger.
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Juri Istjagin. Ph.D.
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LegalTrans D
: this sounds like a machine translation. There is no such thing as an "accept" in the sense of a draft or bill. "runtime" has to do with computers but not with bank papers; there it is called "maturity".
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Jonathan MacKerron
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Retired as of Jan 2019!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
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on account of payment
is what Routledge offers for "zahlungshalbe", will now try to figure out the rest....
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TonyTK
: There *seems* to be difference between "on account of payment" and "in lieu of payment" - maybe someone knows what it is.
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may be
In lieu of cash, we reserve the right to issue to you certificates of payment with a 3-month expiration
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to give three-month acceptance orders in payment
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