Economists projected that the federal government would collect a far lower percentage of total tax owed by delinquents than did state governments implementing similar programs.

经济学家预计，联邦政府征收的拖欠税款占总税款的比例，将远低于实施类似计划的州政府。

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taxes owed by the bankrupt enterprise;

破产企业所欠税款；

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So a pension promise is a debt owed by the state;

在很多州，公民领取养老金的权利是受法律保护的。

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Gillian wrote a report of how he spent the thousand dollars: "Paid by Robert Gillian, one thousand dollars on account of the eternal happiness, owed by Heaven to the best and dearest woman on earth."

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That is, the goldsmith only had a fraction of the gold that was owed by the goldsmith.

就是说,只有一部分金子,是金匠对外的负债

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Premier Wen also said Beijing would cancel debts owed it by some of the continent's poorest nations.

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Admittedly, it helped Korea's situation that most of its loans were owed by state-controlled financial institutions.

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People have no idea of the scale of money British banks are owed by European banks.

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LTV's receivables (what it was owed by customers), and the second its inventory (piles of steel).

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