Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term or phrase:
budgetavvikelse
English translation:
budget variance
Added to glossary by
Yvette Holman
Aug 18, 2011 10:59
12 yrs ago
Swedish term
budgetavvikelse
Swedish to English
Bus/Financial
Finance (general)
En budgetavvikelse på 100 MSEK har kunnat hanteras genom att...
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4 +6 | budget variance | Neil Crockford |
4 +3 | budget deviation | Charles Ek |
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Anna Herbst
: "Difference between the actual amount incurred or realized, and the corresponding forecasted (budgeted) figure." http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/budget-variance...
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Charles Ek
: Now that I've looked more closely at the category assigned to this question, I think this is the better choice. I had public finance in mind with "budget deviation". "Budget variance" is the common business-oriented term. See http://tinyurl.com/42nuv3w.
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Bianca Marsden-Day
: It's a close call, as others have said, but I would also marginally prefer "budget variance" here.
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Linnéa Holmén
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Comment: "Thanks to everyone for your answers and agrees and explanations :-)"
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budget deviation
Norstedts has it as such. See the link for the example sentence.
Example sentence:
If legislators do not hold governments to account for deviations between budget projections and actual results, a key link in the chain of accountability to voters is missing.
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