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declarabiliteit

English translation: billable hours

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Dutch term or phrase:declarabiliteit
English translation:billable hours
Entered by: Mirjam Bonne-Nollen

09:01 Feb 10, 2012
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
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Dutch term or phrase: declarabiliteit
..... van verlies naar forse winst gebracht. x % afdracht aan algemene middelen, **declarabiliteit** onder de projectmanagers van y %.....
Mirjam Bonne-Nollen
Local time: 08:01
billable hours
Explanation:
i.e. those of the project managers
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Dr Lofthouse
France
Local time: 07:01
Grading comment
Many thanks!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3billable hours
Dr Lofthouse
Summary of reference entries provided
billability / utilisation rate
Kitty Brussaard

  

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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
billable hours


Explanation:
i.e. those of the project managers

Dr Lofthouse
France
Local time: 07:01
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Many thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  John Holloway: Absolutely. (His effect on the company was to increase the 'declarability' of the hours or people = '% of billable hours' went up.) For full definition include 'proportion or % of (billable hours)'. In this passage these extra words form the context.
17 hrs
neutral  Terry Costin: Only it doesn't specify where anything is being declared, if it is a tax department, I don't think one speaks in terms of bills. Sounds Flemish to me, if billable is good the suffix is 'eit', then declarable is good too
22 hrs
agree  Kitty Brussaard: Or simply 'billability'. See also my reference below.
1 day 21 hrs
agree  Monique van Brandenburg: Chargeable hours is another option.
1 day 23 hrs
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Reference comments


2 days 4 hrs
Reference: billability / utilisation rate

Reference information:
Billability (often termed ‘utilization rate’) is the percentage of time in a given period during which employees are working in a revenue-producing capacity. You must configure your timesheet system to track whether or not work is considered billable to the customer. Once you have this information, utilization for any period, group or person is found by the formula B divided by T, where:

B = billable hours for the employee/group in the period

T = all hours worked for the employee/group in the period
http://www.accountingsoftware411.com/Press/PressDocView.aspx...

Utilization rate is the percentage of time a person spends doing billable work. The utilization rate is not the billing rate. Billable hours are the number of working hours you can charge to your client, while the utilization rate is the percentage of total working hours that can be billed.
Various industries have target utilization rates. For example, in engineering, a utilization rate of 67% is considered optimal, which independent design consultants aim for a utilization rate of 75%. Utilization rates are not only used in billing but can help organizations to gain a sense of how the business is operating and where improvements can be made.
For example, one small consulting firm looks at four key metrics: utilization rate, margin per project, time usage and cash flow. The firm uses these metrics in preparing proposals and when completing projects. The firm has a utilization rate of 80% overall. They have determined that a lower utilization rate would damage their practice. Thus 80% of their time is spent on billable work and the other 20% is spent on necessary but non-billable business tasks such as business development, accounting, training, etc.
http://glossary.tenrox.com/Utililization-Rate.htm

Kitty Brussaard
Netherlands
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 8
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