They have already paid the front money for our business deal.

他们已经付了这笔交易的定金。

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But the group wants me to pay a large sum of front money which I can't afford.

但是，那些人要我付一大笔定金，而我又没有那么多的钱。

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So why spend the up-front money on hardware (which loses value over time, don't forget) when you can borrow someone else's?

在资金紧张的时候，为什么还要将自己的资金提前预支在硬件上呢(不要忘了，硬件会随时间贬值)？

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"We are going to need more taxpayer money up front. I think that another stimulus package is a reasonable probability, given the way things are going,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.10

Major payers for pharmacy benefits could offer them volume guarantees and up-front money to incent them to commit capacity and work through the FDA approval process.

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Extending their original content strategy deployed in other markets, Google will give Japanese programmers up-front money (based on expected viewing rates) to help cover production costs and ensure exclusive access to online content.

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And this individual, Khalid Ibrahim, sent Chameleon a thousand dollars up front money in exchange for the software, and after Chameleon sent him the software he was promised another 10, 000 dollars in additional work.

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