It consists of a promise to pay, usually denominated in currency, and there are both long-term and short-term debt instruments.

是一种付款承诺,通常是货币支付形式,有长期债券,以及短期债券

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You know, someday you have to pay the bill, and there's no plan for paying the bill.

你知道，总有一天你得付清这些帐单，但没有支付的计划。

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That's not the actual amount that they pay because the tax law is so complicated and there are so many loopholes.

但那并不是公司实际支付的税额,那是因为税法非常复杂并且有很多漏洞

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And everybody gets a tuition loan which is paid straight to the universities.

每个人都有一个学费的贷款，那个是直接支付给学校。

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They have risks that their overhead won't cover their risk is that a steady stream of people won't come and be making a steady stream of bets at which each of them has a slightly negative expectation.

他们的风险是能否支付管理费用,他们的风险是不再有稳定的客流来消费,同时每一个人都怀着一丝消极的期待,下源源不断的赌注。

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This means that you would have to pay extra money at the end, but they decided that people have trouble doing that.

这表示你在最后必须支付额外的款项,但他们觉得人们对偿还额外款项会有困难

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According to a time-honored tradition in finance, it says that it's a promise to pay $1, but it's not worth $1 today.

由于资金有时间价值,他说他承诺支付一美元,但在此时此刻它并不值一美元

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Suppose someone has a contract that promises to pay an amount each period over a number of years.

假设某人有一份合约,承诺在数年内的不同时段内分开支付

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