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English translation: signs the contract and pays the money

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English term or phrase:complete acquisition
Selected answer:signs the contract and pays the money
Entered by: B D Finch

14:29 Aug 2, 2013
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Finance (general)
English term or phrase: complete acquisition
"Rio Tinto completes acquisition of 100% of Alcan"

In order to properly translate into French, looking to confirm what "completes acquisition" exactly means here: "proceeds to..." or "finalizes the acquisition of" (in French "conclut l'acquisition de" or "finalise l'acquisition de").

Thanks!
Fabienne Garlatti
Canada
Local time: 00:34
signs the contract and pays the money
Explanation:
Note that "completes" is a verb here.

It means that the aquisition has been finalised.
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B D Finch
France
Local time: 06:34
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Thank you!
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4 +6signs the contract and pays the money
B D Finch
4obtain (majority) ownership
Vesna Maširević


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
signs the contract and pays the money


Explanation:
Note that "completes" is a verb here.

It means that the aquisition has been finalised.

B D Finch
France
Local time: 06:34
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  William Xie
8 hrs
  -> Thanks William
agree  writeaway: yes, it simply means finalises, as asker thought.
21 hrs
  -> Thanks writeaway
agree  Yvonne Gallagher
1 day 22 mins
  -> Thanks gallagy
agree  Phong Le
2 days 18 hrs
  -> Thanks Phong Le
agree  Veronika McLaren
3 days 5 hrs
  -> Thanks Veronika
agree  Veronica Prpic Uhing
3 days 12 hrs
  -> Thanks Veronica
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
obtain (majority) ownership


Explanation:
Acquisition: The act of one company buying another. The acquisition is complete when the buying company obtains majority ownership of the target company. http://www.axial.net/glossary/

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Note added at 2 hrs (2013-08-02 16:58:48 GMT)
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*In this case 100% ownership

Vesna Maširević
Serbia
Local time: 06:34
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in Serbo-CroatSerbo-Croat
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  writeaway: complete in the context is used as a verb. / the use of majority, 100% (ownership) make me think you see complete as an adjective.
18 hrs
  -> Are you saying that "obtain" is not a verb? If the explanation confused you, it is not an interpretation of the context but a definition of acquisition that should solve the question.
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