recouvrement

French

Etymology

From recouvrer + -ment or from recouvrir + -ment.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

recouvrement m (plural recouvrements)

  1. recovery, retrieval
  2. covering; overlap
  3. (finance) collection (as of taxes)
    • 1791, National Constituent Assembly, Constitution française, présentée au roi par l'Assemblée nationale, le 3 septembre 1791 [French constitution, presented to the King by the National Assembly on 3 September 1791], Dijon: Imprimerie de P. Causse, page 5:
      Tous les citoyens ont le droit de constater, par eux-mêmes, ou par leurs représentants, la nécessité de la contribution publique, de la consentir librement, d’en suivre l’emploi, et d’en déterminer la quotité, l’assiette, le recouvrement et la durée.
      All the citizens have the right to ascertain the necessity of the public contribution by themselves or through their representatives, to freely give it [their] consent, to at the same time follow up its use, and to at the same time determine [its] quota, assessment, collection, and duration.

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