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a cuenta

Principal Translations
Spanish		English
a cuenta loc adv	(anticipo)	on account adv
	He pagado cien euros a cuenta a la agencia de viajes.
	I paid one hundred Euros on account to the travel agency.

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Compound Forms:
Spanish		English
a cuenta de loc prep	(a cambio de) (financial)	against prep
	(instead of)	in lieu of expr
		in exchange for expr
	La empresa me dio esta computadora a cuenta de los salarios atrasados.
	The company gave me this computer against back pay.
a cuenta de, por cuenta de loc prep	(a costo de) (costs)	be borne by v expr
		at the expense of expr
	Todos los gastos del viaje correrán a cuenta de la compañía.
	All travel expenses shall be borne by the carrier.
¿A cuenta de qué? expr	AmL (¿por qué razón?)	What for? expr
		What's the reason for that? expr
a la cuenta de tres, a la de tres loc adv	(para coordinar acción)	on the count of three expr
	(informal)	on three expr
	A la cuenta de tres, todos gritamos «¡sorpresa!».
	On the count of three we all shouted "Surprise!"
abono a cuenta loc nom m	(pago previo)	deposit n
		down payment n
		credit into account n
	El abono a cuenta es un adelanto por los trabajos o servicios contratados.
	The deposit is an advance for contracted jobs or services.
pago a cuenta, pago anticipado, adelanto loc nom m, nm	(plazo)	payment on account n
	Un pago a cuenta es el adelanto parcial de un impuesto.
	A payment on account is a partial down-payment of a tax.
salir a cuenta loc verb	(generar ganancia)	generate profit v expr
		produce a net benefit v expr
	Un buen restaurante en este sector de la ciudad saldría a cuenta.
	A good restaurant in this part of the city would generate profit.

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