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provided

English translation: on the condition that/on the understanding that

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:provided that
Selected answer:on the condition that/on the understanding that
Entered by: Mara Ballarini

08:08 Dec 17, 2007
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Law/Patents - Law: Patents, Trademarks, Copyright
English term or phrase: provided
Every payment that XXX makes to XXXX according to this AGREEMENT
shall be made in full without deduction of any fees, taxes, or other　impositions, provided that deductions permitted in the definition of NET SALES may be made.

"orivuded that" can mean "excepted as"?
Mitsuko
Local time: 09:41
on the condition that
Explanation:
on the understanding that
Selected response from:

Mara Ballarini
Australia
Local time: 10:41
Grading comment
Thank you.
I could understand well.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +14on the condition that
Mara Ballarini


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +14
on the condition that


Explanation:
on the understanding that

Mara Ballarini
Australia
Local time: 10:41
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
Grading comment
Thank you.
I could understand well.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Edith Kelly
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agree  Shirley Lao
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agree  orientalhorizon
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agree  Jack Doughty
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agree  Paula Vaz-Carreiro: That's right :-)
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agree  Suzan Hamer
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agree  NancyLynn
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agree  Mehmet Hascan: used to say that something will only be possible if something else happens or is done
6 hrs
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agree  Sabine Akabayov, PhD
8 hrs
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agree  Dylan Edwards: I agree this is the meaning of "provided that" in correct English, but I have some doubts about the logic of the sentence, and wonder whether "provided that" is correctly used here, or whether the writer meant "except that".
8 hrs
  -> Thanks Dylan!well, I think that that's the meaning it turns out to take in the sentence.it must've been specified b4 what the permitted deductions are (in the definition of NET SALES);on the understanding that those are allowed,any other deductions aren't
agree  V_Nedkov
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agree  rchan
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agree  Alexandra Tussing
16 hrs
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
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