Earnest is a special and important form of debt assurance in contract debt.

摘要定金是合同之债中债的担保的一种独特而重要形式。

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But debt can also limit one's freedom-it's a shackle, a contract.

但是，债务也可以限制一个人的自由——它是一个枷锁，一份合同。

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As regard its legislation model, an expedient is to admit its rationality and justice by judicatory interpretation, an ideal one is to prescribe it as a named contract in the debt part of civil code.

隐名合伙的立法模式选择，权宜之计是通过合同自由的司法解释承认其存在的合理性与正当性，理想方案则是将其作为一种有名合同纳入民法典债编。

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Breaches of a debt contract are easy to spot and police, but a shareholder's claim can be eroded quite subtly.

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In Asia, a combination of debt forgiveness, fast growth and restraint in government spending has helped the debt-to-GDP ratio contract sharply in almost every country since 2001.

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This turned out to be a loan to Enron dressed up as an electricity contract, which had the effect of hiding the debt from Enron's investors.

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