The most egregious offence is the “pay-for-delay” deal, under which a patent-holder pays a maker of generic drugs to delay its launch of a cheap copy.

妨碍仿制药上市最臭名昭著的绊脚石是“付费推迟”协议。 根据这项协议，专利持有人可以买通仿制药制造商以推迟其将廉价的复制产品推向市场。

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Can the generals resist the temptation to smash workers striking for pay, to delay the repeal of Egypt’s decades-old “emergency” law or to deflect criticism by demonising Israel?

将军是不是会拒绝粉粹工人罢工而支付的报酬的诱惑，从而耽搁废除埃及10几年前紧急事件的法律或者偏向被以色列迷惑的批评者。

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Party A shall pay Party B liquidated damages for their delay in delivery of the house and amount for liquidated damages is RMB XXX for each delayed day.

甲方迟延交付出租房屋的，应向乙方支付违约金，违约金额为每一迟延日人民币元（大写： 元）。

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Just last month the Supreme Court heard arguments on the emerging (and lucrative) pharma business practice called pay-for-delay.

FORBES: Data War Reaches The Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court would be wise to concur, heed the Federal Trade Commission's complaint and bring pay-for-delay to an abrupt end.

CNN: How Big Pharma rips you off on drugs

Such pay-for-delay deals arise when generic companies file a challenge at the Food and Drug Administration to the patents that give brand-name drugs a 20-year monopoly.

NPR: Court: Can Drug Companies Pay To Delay Generics?