Then the--so the term structure was downward-sloping until about two and a half years and then it was upward sloping.

期限结构线先向下倾斜,在到期期限过了两年半的时点后,才缓慢回升

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At the end of the loan upon your payment of the principal and of sufficient additional interest, John Milton, Sr., the goldsmith, would return to you the gold that you had entrusted to him.

在贷款期限到期时，在你支付了本金,和额外的利息后，金匠约翰弥尔顿会把你托付,给他的金币还给你。

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Now, you have to understand that when you buy a bond, if you buy it at issue, you get the first coupon in six months, the second coupon in one year, the third coupon in eighteen months, and the last coupon you get at the maturity date.

你们需要了解,如果在发行时就购入债券,六个月后会得到第一笔票息,一年后第二笔,18个月后第三笔,到期时得到最后一笔票息

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