Booking
Definition
The act of paying a deposit; a financial and legal operation through which an advance payment is given or collected to reserve, secure, or guarantee the completion of a commercial transaction or the hiring of a service.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Booking
- Downpayment act
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Feminine noun, definite form: acontarea, genitive-dative: acontării. Plural: acontări. |
| Formation | Noun formation from the verb 'a aconta' through the suffixation of the abstract action marker '-are'. |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [a.kon.ˈta.re] |
| Source | Lexicon of Commercial Transactions, Fiscal Procedures, and Accounting Paradigms |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: Procedura de acontare a spațiului expozițional a fost finalizată prin trimiterea ordinului de plată către organizatori.
EN: The procedure for securing the exhibition space with a deposit was finalized by sending the payment order to the organizers.
RO: Compania folosește o platformă digitală securizată pentru fluidizarea proceselor de acontare a mărfurilor din import.
EN: The company uses a secure digital platform to streamline the processes of making advance payments for imported goods.
RO: O acontare timpurie îți oferă avantajul de a obține un preț promoțional mult mai bun pentru biletele de vacanță.
EN: An early downpayment gives you the advantage of securing a much better promotional price for the vacation tickets.
Idioms & Phrases
Procedură de acontare / Deposit procedure / booking protocol
RO: Set de pași administrativi și fiscali necesari pentru validarea transferului unui avans bănesc într-un contract.
EN: Set of administrative and fiscal steps required to validate the transfer of an advance payment within a contract.
Acontare imobiliară / Real estate downpayment / property securing
RO: Tranzacție inițială prin care un cumpărător blochează o locuință pe piață până la semnarea actelor de vânzare-cumpărare.
EN: Initial transaction through which a buyer freezes a property on the market until the sale-purchase deeds are signed.
Confirmare de acontare / Booking confirmation / deposit receipt
RO: Notificare oficială sau document eliberat de furnizor care atestă primirea sumei de siguranță și blocarea produsului.
EN: Official notification or document issued by the supplier certifying receipt of the security sum and the freezing of the product.
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