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    Right terminology: Account Balance

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    The online billing application we use, uses the terminology "Account Balance" for outstanding amount on a client's account. This confused one particular Afrikaans speaking client so I want to find out what is the preferred terminology to use, to indicate that you owe money?
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    "Account balance / Rekening saldo". I am guessing your client will struggle with too

    I have to say though, that really made me laugh!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andromeda View Post
    "Account balance / Rekening saldo". I am guessing your client will struggle with too

    I have to say though, that really made me laugh!
    Well that's the thing. It it meant for a negative, or positive balance?
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    We use "Balance Due" in one of our invoice templates which reflects credits that may have been allocated against the invoice.

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