At the end of the first evolution, less than five months from the start of the project, the online bill payment application for individuals and family members was deployed into production.

在第一个演进结尾，从项目开始不到五个月，个人和家庭成员的在线记帐支付应用程序已经部署到生产中。

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Phase 2 — creation of a production version of the system. Payment for this would be FFP.

阶段2—创建系统的产品版本，按照FFP支付费用。

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Suppliers, already hard hit by the collapse in car production, must decide whether to grant easier payment terms that will worsen their own cash positions.

至于已经因汽车停产而遭受重创的供应商，则必须决定是否向车厂提供更优惠的付款条件，但这样做会使其自身的现金状况出现恶化。

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The company has the right to purchase all or a portion of the silver production at a low fixed price for an upfront payment pursuant to any agreement.

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That makes sense since they are the two largest purchases consumers make, usually with most of the purchase price financed, significantly multiplying the economic effect of the cash down payment, while increased home construction and auto production results in significant new business for the long stream of suppliers to those industries.

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In the case of the oil company, for instance, the cost of land corresponds to the premium (or down-payment) on a call option, and the extra investment needed to start production to its strike price (at which the option is exercised).

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