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English term or phrase:
Healthy finances versus Financial health
English answer:
financial health is the preferred term
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Charlesp
Jan 13, 2005 19:40
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Healthy finances versus Financial health
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I'd be interested in your opinion about the difference between these two expressions. Is there a difference? if so, what is it?
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financial health
use "financial health"
"healthy finances" does have a meaning, but in a special way; you are much safer using "financial health"
"healthy finances" does have a meaning, but in a special way; you are much safer using "financial health"
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Comment: "Thanks to all; yours answers are illuminating. However, since I cannot split the points (can I, yet) I give the 4 to Charles for luminosity and concision."
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explanation - well, sort of
financial health - a company or person has enough money and is therefore unlikely to go bust :-)
healthy finances - I think it means more or less the same. Let's wait for some more answers.
healthy finances - I think it means more or less the same. Let's wait for some more answers.
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healthy is good health can be good or bad
The company's finances are healthy - it's doing well.
The company's financial health is failing - it's doing bad
The company's in excellent financial health - it's doing well.
the first is a positive description. The second is a state and must be described further.
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The company's financial health is failing - it's doing bad
The company's in excellent financial health - it's doing well.
the first is a positive description. The second is a state and must be described further.
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"finances are healthy" vs. "state of a company's finances"
Saying "healthy finances" implies that a company's finances are healthy (in good health, in a good state, etc.).
The term "financial health", depending on how it is used, denotes the state that a company's finances are in.
Example 1: The subsidiaries of Company X are in varying states of financial health.
However, "financial health" can be the same as "healthy finances":
Example 2: Financial health should be the first and foremost concern of a company.
In this example it means that the company's finances are healthy.
So it depends on the context.
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In example 2, I mean that the \'company\'s finances should be healthy\'.
The term "financial health", depending on how it is used, denotes the state that a company's finances are in.
Example 1: The subsidiaries of Company X are in varying states of financial health.
However, "financial health" can be the same as "healthy finances":
Example 2: Financial health should be the first and foremost concern of a company.
In this example it means that the company's finances are healthy.
So it depends on the context.
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Note added at 15 mins (2005-01-13 19:56:06 GMT)
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In example 2, I mean that the \'company\'s finances should be healthy\'.
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