Banks, for their part, view the fees charged for capital-raising in part as a pay-off for the effort and expense put into their corporate-broking work.

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Hopes of a sustainable recovery will depend on deleveraging by both consumers and firms, an effort to pay off the debt that piled up during the boom.

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Still, the extra effort can pay off.

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It is a worthwhile effort that should pay off in the long run.

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Still he thinks the effort is beginning to pay off.

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The effort is beginning to pay off.

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Some, like Rutherford-Moran, have already put themselves up for sale, and others are selling off assets in an effort to pay down debt.

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The IoD report says under an open-ended system, a graduate tax becomes the student loan you never pay off and would be "a tax on effort and merit".

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But we still may end up having to work to pay off loans needed for medical treatment and spending time and effort explaining ourselves to or defending ourselves against the police, the health services and even supposed allies in the LGB community every time we need basic - even non-Trans-related support.

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Putting in some extra hours and effort with your creative work this season might well pay off in extra fun money right when you need it.

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