Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

a.O. or a.o.

English translation:

extraordinary

Added to glossary by transatgees
Jan 26, 2005 11:10
19 yrs ago
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German term

a.O.

German to English Bus/Financial Finance (general)
In front of items in a profit and loss account (I am OK with the terms which follow!)

e.g.

a.O. Aufwendungen
a.O. Ertrag
a.O. Ergebnis
Proposed translations (English)
4 +4 extraordinary

Proposed translations

+4
2 mins
Selected

extraordinary

Looks like "a.O." refers to "außerordentlich", although this should be "a.o.".
Peer comment(s):

agree Carl Sennett : Morning, Ralf. Yes, I was just thinking the same and then hesitated when I saw the capital "O"s. Can't think that it could be anything else.
3 mins
agree Steffen Walter : Right on the money ;-))
5 mins
agree Alison Schwitzgebel : what else!
7 mins
agree Sarah Downing : My thought too, as soon as I saw that it was a finance question - that's the first thing that springs to mind.
1 hr
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Perfect. Thank you. I might have got it myself without the capital "O""
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