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manual

18:30 Jul 8, 2015
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Tourism & Travel / Hotel bills (meals)
German term or phrase: manual
In a German hotel receipt, there are charges itemized by date. A couple of the entries use the word manual, examples below:

[date] [proper name] Abendessen manual 19% 312.00 euro
[date] [proper name] Frühstück Essen manual 19% nur 1 person -10.50 euro
[last date of stay][proper name] Frühstück Essen manual 19% 10.50 euro

My main question: does "manual" have a meaning connected with the Mehrwertsteuer or does it have a meaning associated with hotels and/or meals in hotels?

The person stayed in the hotel several days, so perhaps the high dinner charge is a total for several meals.

Thanks!
Stephen
Stephen R Schoening
United States
Local time: 04:45


Summary of answers provided
3 -1MwSt.
Silke Walter


Discussion entries: 5





  

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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
MwSt.


Explanation:
I assume it is a kind of OCR mistake or something similar. You are completely right: "manual" does not make any sense at all, "Mehrwertsteuer" or the abbreviation is of course the right term.

Silke Walter
Germany
Local time: 11:45
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  philgoddard: I think "manual" makes perfect sense, and you wouldn't get an OCR error on a till receipt.
5 mins
  -> As mentioned before in the discussion section: independent from the source, MwSt. seems to be the right answer. You agreed to it, didn't you?
neutral  Cilian O'Tuama: MwSt., especially with 19%, would make sense here
4 hrs
disagree  dkfmmuc: Die Frühstücksposition und die Gutschrift deuten darauf hin, dass irgendetwas an der Rechnung manuell eingegeben bzw. korrigiert worden ist.
15 hrs
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