Sales contract of residential housing, in essence, is a forward sales contract of real estate with a fixed subject.

商品房预售合同实质是一种预售主体特定的不动产远期买卖合同。

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Without the forward sales of real estate, the volatility of the spot price of private residential property would enlarge under the condition that supply falls short of demand.

作为远期实物交易制度的房地产预售并不必然导致住宅价格的上升，但在供求失衡条件下，远期交易的缺失有可能使得市场价格波动趋于加剧。

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As the new sales director for a national computer firm, Alex Gordon was looking forward to his first meeting with the company's district managers.

亚历克斯·戈登是一家全国性电脑公司的新任销售总监，他期待着与该公司地区经理的首次会面。

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Instead, he borrows funds or enters into a forward sales contract to provide cash for the first few years' payout.

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It's possible stores merely pulled forward sales that would have happened anyway.

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It's possible that all those car and truck sales just pulled business forward and vehicle sales will stop when the zero-percent money stops.

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