Правление подсчитало взносы.

The board tallied the contributions.

Breakdown of Правление подсчитало взносы.

• взнос: the financial contribution
• правление: the governing board
• подсчитать: to tally; to total

Questions & Answers about Правление подсчитало взносы.

What does Правление mean here?

Here Правление means the board, the management board, or the governing body of an organization.

It is a neuter singular noun in Russian. Even though it refers to a group of people, Russian treats it grammatically as one unit, so the verb is singular too.

Why does the verb end in -ло in подсчитало?

In the past tense, Russian verbs agree with the subject in gender and number.

Here the subject is Правление, which is neuter singular, so the past tense form is:

• masculine: подсчитал
• feminine: подсчитала
• neuter: подсчитало
• plural: подсчитали

So подсчитало means counted / calculated with a neuter singular subject.

What is the basic dictionary form of подсчитало?

The dictionary form is подсчитать.

That is the infinitive, meaning to count up, to calculate, or to total.

So:

• подсчитать = to count up / calculate
• подсчитало = counted / calculated