Betydelse av prudent på svenska

• 0 careful and avoiding risks:

  • [ + to infinitive ] It's always prudent to read a contract carefully before signing it.

• 1 showing good judgment in avoiding risks and uncertainties; careful:

  • His decision was prudent and timely.

• 2 careful in the way that you make decisions or spend money so that you avoid unnecessary risks:

  • They insisted that the deal is fiscally prudent and would not put the city budget at risk.

  • prudent to do sth It would be prudent to delay interest rate cuts until early next year.

  • prudent financial planning

• 3 prudent accounting is based on the principle of not showing assets or profits to be greater than they might be, or losses to be smaller than they might be, in a company's accounts:

  • Normal prudent accounting principles require that prepayments should be written down where it can be seen that they will not be fully recoverable.