Sight drafts, as the name implies, require the bank to pay on demand.

即期汇票，顾名思义，是要求银行见票即付。

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Higher rates will crimp the already-weak demand for homes and weigh on house prices-perhaps spurring anxious borrowers to spend less and pay off their mortgages quickly.

高利率将抵制家庭原本已经弱化的住房需求，并将打压房价——可能会促使焦虑的借款人少花钱并迅速还清他们的抵押贷款。

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As customers pay more attention to security concerns, IBM's product offerings meet the security demand on Linux Desktop.

客户越来越关注安全性，而IBM的产品和服务能够很好地满足Linux Desktop上的安全性需求。

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In a nice touch, drivers age 21 to 24 don't pay additional fees to use Zipcar, On Demand or Car2go, while most traditional rental companies charge younger drivers a premium.

BBC: Pay-as-you-go rental cars

At the same time, Apple pitched media companies on a "best of TV" subscription service to television networks under which customers would pay a monthly fee for on-demand access to programs from a bundle of participating TV networks, giving consumers another way to readily access television content.

WSJ: With Tablet, Apple Sees New Money in Old Media

The single biggest reason people don't switch to TiVo is the lack of cable company on demand and pay-per-view content, and tru2way will put an end to it.

ENGADGET: Ten years of TiVo: how far we haven't come