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a cuenta de

Principal Translations
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.

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Compound Forms:
Spanish		English
¿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!"

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