But some management experts warn that limiting pay could make it harder for taxpayers to get their money back.

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When you buy a house, you borrow the money and you pay it back in fixed-- it would usually be monthly, but let's say annual payments.

当你买了一座房子,你贷了些款,然后你在一定的时间内偿还一部分,一般来说都是按月来算的,但是假设我们是按年支付的

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If you buy a house and you don't pay the mortgage, the contract says you lose the house-- you're out--you've got to pay or it goes back to the mortgage originator.

如果你抵押贷款买房,却没有还房贷,贷款合同规定,你将被取消赎回权,失去房子,所以你必须偿还贷款,否则你的原始贷款人就会收回房子

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if your friend asked to borrow $100 from you, ... you would probably not say-- you might actually put interest on this person, so you could say, alright, I'll do it with 5% interest, pay me back in a year.

你的朋友向你借100美元，你可能不会说-,你可能会对他收取利息，因此你没准会说，好吧，我要收5%的利息，一年之后连本带利还我。

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