I put him off with a promise to pay him next week.

我答应下星期付他钱，就这样搪塞一下把他打发走了。

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I put him off with a promise to pay him next week.

我搪塞他一下，答应下周还他钱。

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If a promise to pay someone money in the future isn't a debt, what is it?

在未来支付金钱的承诺，如果不是负债，还能是什么呢？

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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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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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