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English translation: inflate accounts receivable

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English term or phrase:channel stuff
Selected answer:inflate accounts receivable
Entered by: Yvonne Gallagher

16:13 Jul 31, 2012
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)
English term or phrase: channel stuff
Accurate financial reporting means you should never “Channel stuff,” “trade load” or otherwise inflate or deflate quarterly sales by pulling forward or delaying shipments.

What is the actual meaning of - “Channel stuff,” “trade load” - in this case?
Rajan Chopra
India
Local time: 09:33
inflate accounts receivable
Explanation:
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/channelstuffing.asp#axzz...

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Note added at 3 mins (2012-07-31 16:17:08 GMT)
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you'll have to put the other term as another question

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Note added at 5 mins (2012-07-31 16:19:19 GMT)
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However they basically mean the same thing

http://financial-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Trade load...

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Note added at 10 mins (2012-07-31 16:24:21 GMT)
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the company is "selling" more goods (on sell or return basis) that they know will not be sold so that their "sales" books or receivables look better

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Note added at 4 days (2012-08-05 10:52:58 GMT) Post-grading
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glad to have helped
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Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 05:03
Grading comment
Thanks so much.
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4 +3inflate accounts receivable
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inflate accounts receivable


Explanation:
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/channelstuffing.asp#axzz...

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Note added at 3 mins (2012-07-31 16:17:08 GMT)
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you'll have to put the other term as another question

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Note added at 5 mins (2012-07-31 16:19:19 GMT)
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However they basically mean the same thing

http://financial-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Trade load...

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Note added at 10 mins (2012-07-31 16:24:21 GMT)
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the company is "selling" more goods (on sell or return basis) that they know will not be sold so that their "sales" books or receivables look better

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Note added at 4 days (2012-08-05 10:52:58 GMT) Post-grading
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glad to have helped

Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 05:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 79
Grading comment
Thanks so much.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Davis
1 hr
  -> thanks again Charles:-)

agree  Veronika McLaren
2 hrs
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agree  Mohammad Ali Moinfar (X)
20 hrs
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