Glossary entry

Japanese term or phrase:

経費の執行

English translation:

payment of expenses

Added to glossary by David Gibney
Mar 24, 2015 12:54
9 yrs ago
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Japanese term

経費の執行

Japanese to English Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general)
Hi everyone,

I have run into this expression multiple times in different documents, and am not sure on how to render 執行.
Payment? Disbursement? Execution (gasp!)?

Any suggestions would be welcome.
TIA.
Change log

Mar 26, 2015 13:15: David Gibney Created KOG entry

Discussion

Luca Balestra (asker) Mar 27, 2015:
mmb42 - indeed. Duly noted, will remember next time around.
Marc Brunet Mar 26, 2015:
Isn't "Payment of expenses' somewhat tautological?
"Settlement of payables' is not.
Wouldn't the latter be preferable? :-)
David Gibney Mar 25, 2015:
"Execution of the budget" is too literal a translation and not natural-sounding in English. "Making payments" is conversational in tone and often not suitable in written English as it sounds casual.
Port City Mar 25, 2015:
In an organisation, money is spent based on their budget. Therefore, making payments means executing their budget. If 経費の執行 is used frequently, I think you can just render it as "making payments" or "payment of expenses".

Proposed translations

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payment of expenses

I think "payment of expenses" is the most natural sounding. "Administration of expenses" is another option but I think this is more vague and leaves room for misinterpretation.
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agree Chrisso (X)
18 days
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks Patrick, I went with payment in the end."
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spending of expenditure

執行 means 'spending' for the purpose of the expenditure.
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6 hrs

spending as budgeted / budget execution

It means "spending as budgeted". It is sometimes referred to as "budget execution".

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Note added at 7 hrs (2015-03-24 20:02:29 GMT)
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The below explains why 経費の執行 is related to 予算 (budget).
「計画に従って事業を実施します。そのときにかかる費用を支払うのが、予算執行です。」
http://www.city.tama.lg.jp/zaisei/001975.html
http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q128...
Note from asker:
Thank you.
Peer comment(s):

agree Takeshi MIYAHARA
9 hrs
ありがとうございます。
agree Chrisso (X)
18 days
ありがとうございます。
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15 hrs

operating cost

operating cost/running cost
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