The row over the early payment of bonuses at Merrill Lynch shows yet again that insiders' interests come first (those to BofA staff, however, are likely to shrivel).

美林过早支付奖金引起的纠纷及再次表明，业内人士的利益是放在第一位的(然而，那些美国银行的员工很可能对此无能为力)。

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Sometimes companies offer a cash discount (also called a sales discount) to encourage early payment by the customer and sales can be recorded at its gross amount or net of allowed discount amount.

有的时候公司提高现金折扣（也叫做销售折扣）来鼓励客户尽早还款，销售以其总金额或允许的销售折扣的净额记录。

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On May 13th GM announced that it would make its monthly payment to parts suppliers several days early.

5月13日通用宣布公司将提前几天向零件供应商支付月度款项。

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Banks began demanding early payment of loans.

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But you dont have to tax yourself mentally to become convinced that early payment works to your advantage.

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What they also didn't tell him is that for most subprime loans there's also something called an early payment penalty.

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Mostly from delays of expenditure and from early payment of future taxes.

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