Programs that engage in commercial transactions assume obligations on behalf of their owners in exchange for obligations assumed by other entities.

在商业交易中所使用的程序有这样的预设：它们的拥有者所承担的义务，和其他实体所预设的义务进行交换。

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Each of the co-owners by shares shall enjoy the rights and assume the obligations respecting the joint property in proportion to his share.

按份共有人按照各自的份额，对共有财产分享权利，分担义务。

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Each of the common owners shall enjoy the rights and assume the obligations respecting the joint property.

共同共有人对共有财产享有权利，承担义务。

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They do not want to assume any legal obligations,".

VOA: standard.2009.05.11

In every previous enlargement, there were doubts about the readiness of the applicants to assume the obligations of membership.

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Finally, GM's decision to assume certain pension obligations of Delphi, the bankrupt former GM subsidiary, also increased the cost of the bailout.

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