This is a bit like sale-and-lease-back on a commercial building: Yahoo gives up one of its most valuable properties, but hopes to get a guaranteed amount from it.

这有点像商业建筑的售后回租：雅虎放弃自己最重要的资产之一，以期得到确定的回报。

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A lot of what psychologists know about risk-taking comes from lab studies where people are asked to choose between a guaranteed amount of money or a gamble for a larger amount.

心理学家知道的许多关于风险承受的理论都是来自于实验室研究，在实验室里，人们被要求作出选择，是愿意得到有保证的金额还是愿意去赌更大的金额。

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The guaranteed amount a security company provides should not exceed 20% of its net assets.

证券公司提供的担保额不得超过其净资产额的20%。

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They say the McConnell plan was never meant to be permanent and it also came with a guaranteed amount of spending cuts.

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Thus Qualcomm was all but guaranteed a fair amount of success, for a while, no matter who eventually took over for Irwin Jacobs.

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And the biggest change will be the amount of guaranteed money first-round draft picks can earn, which will likely be cut by roughly 50%.

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