Sälja/köpa på rot
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| 3 +1 | buy/sell on credit |
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| 4 | sell/purchase as standing timber |
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peer agreement (net): +1buy/sell on credit Explanation: There's different old fashioned slang words for this in US and UK. But the Swedish term refers to buying standing trees known as a 'stumpage purchase' or 'purchase of standing timber". Basically, money doesn't change hands until after the trees are harvested and the timber is sold. Some reading... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 33 mins (2016-04-08 08:25:57 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- @'buy on the root" ... my feeling is that just this phrase is understood well enough in ou Anglo-saxon world, but like I said, there are traditional colloquial ways or saying this. But being in the midst of a highly technical job, I can't think of these right now. So you understood the concept? -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 34 mins (2016-04-08 08:27:03 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- '... this phrase is NOT understood well enough in our Anglo-Saxon world ..." https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotpost https://www.metsamaailma.fi/sv/ForestInformation/ForestLibrary/Sidor/Pystykauppa.aspx |
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sell/purchase as standing timber Explanation: This is a term used in the forest/timber industry and means you buy the trees as they stand, i.e. not yet felled or processed. ('På rot' is in Norstedts by the way). |
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