We did everything in our power to ensure our success: we convinced the builder to lower the down payment, we worked to keep our current home spotless, and we found a buyer for our home in three weeks.

我们为了计划的成功做了所有力所能及的事情：我们说服了卖方降低首付的金额，我们经常打扫现在的房子以保证它的清洁，于是在三个星期里我们就找到了一位买主。

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The bank caclulates loan interest as "simple" interest -- for every payment period, multiply the current outstanding principal by the current interest rate to determine the interest payment.

银行用“简单”利息的方法计算贷款利息-在每个还款期间，用当前未还清的本金乘以当前利率，从而计算出应付的利息。

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So, if he gets the payment in the next financial year, he saves money in taxes in the current year.

因此，如果在下一会计年度收到款项，他在当年就能够节省这部分税款。

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The cost-lowering potential of direct-payment practices is heartening because the current third-party payment system has failed to stem our burgeoning health cost crisis.

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Others are considering a departure from the current system of third-party payment.

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But he told MPs last week he favours the most ambitious of these - scrapping all current out-of-work benefits in favour of a single payment, which would be tapered to encourage people back into work.

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