Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

pec. (pécule)

English translation:

allowance, bonus

Added to glossary by Astrid Elke Witte
Oct 5, 2011 07:10
12 yrs ago
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French term

pec.

French to English Bus/Financial Accounting Abbreviation, Belgian payroll accounting
It is a list of payroll expenses, and it concerns the abbreviated items listed next to the expense figures.

This abbreviation occurs in the lines "attestation pec. d." and "attestation pec. s", as well as "d. pec. vac. annee p.".

Proposed translations

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pécule

as in "allowance" "pay" or "bonus"

see for example page 9 of this Belgian accountancy document:
http://www.aedifica.be/fileadmin/pdf/AGO_9_oct_2007/Approbat...

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see also page 8 of this Belgian "compte de résultat"
http://www.quinoa.be/var/www/quinoa/www.quinoa.be/IMG/pdf/co...

often used with "vacances" which corresponds with your third example

also last line page 3/first line page 4 of this doc
http://www.economielocale.org/files/FR/Mission/D4 Pages de P...

"Ce nombre de jour peut reproduire le nombre de l'attestation de pécule de départ."
http://www.bg-tec.com/MEMPAY/PHELPF/NGEHELP/VACANCES.HTM

"Mon employeur m'avait remis une attestation de pécule de vacances de départ (avec marqué dessus "congés à prendre en 2009 suite aux prestations effectuées en 2008") ET une attestation de pécules de vacances anticipé (avec marqué dessus "congés à prendre en 2010 suite aux prestations effectuées en 2009)"
http://aidonoo.famiweb.be/chomage-et-vacances-37391.html

"attestation de pécule de vacances de départ pour les employés à la fin du contrat de travail."


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sorry here's the link for last ref.:
http://www.avcb-vsgb.be/documents/documents/personnel/contra...
Peer comment(s):

agree writeaway : pécule. my son gets a pécule de vacances every year. it's not a bonus. just holiday pay.
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agree B D Finch
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks to both answerers for the suggestions. It was "pécule" that seemed to fit the context in the end."
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pécuniaire = financial


Looking at all the entries beginning with "pec" in my Harraps dictionary, "pécuniaire" seems to be the only one that might fit.

I'm not sure about your other abbreviations (d., s.)
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