We call them consols because, in the early 1700s, the British Government issued what they called consols or consolidated debt of the British Crown that paid a certain amount of pound sterling every six months forever.

我们称之为公债是因为早在十八世纪初,英国政府规定他们称之为英国皇家,统合公债或者联合公债,要求永久性地,每六个月支付一定数量的英镑

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The listed company has been cleaning up its balance sheet, bringing down the consolidated debt-to-equity ratio from 1.72 at the peak in 2009 to 0.57 this year.

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The foreign debt was consolidated into a few banks, which then went broke.

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The lossmaking divisions were either sold or shut down, and the debt the company owed to some 50-odd banks was consolidated and paid off.

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