Earlier this year America's Federal Reserve notified primary dealers that they would have to bid in auctions for a share of issuance that was in proportion to their size and number.

今年早些时候，美联储通知主交易商，它们必须在标售中出价购买一定份额的债券，份额大小与各银行规模和数量成比例。

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This isn't such a good number, and if you insist on an exact number we're going to pad the bid.

这并不是一个好的数字，如果您坚持一个精确的数字的话，我们将会提高出价。

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Firms with excess computing capacity, such as data centres, put it up for sale.Others, which have a short-term need for some number-crunching, can bid for it.

诸如数据中心之类的公司将额外的计算能力拿来出售。其它对特大数量的数字计算有短期需求的公司可以来竞标。

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Critics say this leaves the window open to push the Maoist party, which won 40 percent of the seats in last year's election, out of the picture - paving the way for any number of smaller parties to bid for the prime minister seat.

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He said the area had been building up to the bid for a number of years, and the "enormous international success" of Premier League football side Swansea City was exciting.

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The scheme began in 2009, predominately in Cornwall, in a bid to reduce the number of speeding motorists.

BBC: Devon and Cornwall Speed Watch: Drop in speeding drivers

Motorists suspected of being drunk will be targeted in a bid to reduce the number of serious road accidents.

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