But if housing prices in L.A. fall less than 11.5%, you'll pay the holder of your contracts out of pocket.

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"There is a cost which arises from my decision to pay the previous post holder to the end of his contract, " the PCC says.

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Companies pay royalties to the patent holder and can use the technology to grow their business.

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Kramer notes these assets are most likely bonds and the underlying entity has to pay interest to the bond holder.

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In the worst case scenario, poor farmers could even end up being obliged to pay royalties to the patent holder on a product their forebears had grown for generations.

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Third, I, as a FSA account holder, must pay a 20 percent penalty if I advertently or inadvertently charge an ineligible medical service to my health saving account. (We will have to police ourselves in navigating the maze of regulations and rules telling us what we can and cannot buy).

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But the increased cap will also come with additional costs, including an increase in the minimum wage that an employer must pay to an H-1B visa holder, and additional fees for those employers whose workforce is composed of more than 30 percent of H-1B holders.

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These are policies which promise to pay out a supposedly fixed sum to the policy holder's inheritors when the customer eventually dies, with the payment coming from the investment proceeds of the person's monthly premiums.

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And it will pay that dividend, which will provide a yield to holder of more than 4.5%.

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