We claimed a refund from the association, but they would not pay up.

我们向该协会要求退款，但他们不肯把钱吐出来。

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It was proposed to pay the money from public funds.

有人提议用公款支付这笔钱。

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The company backed away from plans to cut their pay by 15%.

该公司放弃了对他们减薪15%的方案。

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New profits and freedom from the pay limits tied to federal aid mean bankers can again receive big bonuses.

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Effectively, you get interest from this because it's sold at a discount, so the price that you pay is equal to one hundred minus the discount.

实际上,你仍然从中获得利息,因为债券是打折出售的,所以买入价,等于一百减去折扣

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Now, the problem is that if you invest in bonds from some state or local government, they might not pay you back; they can just go bankrupt.

现在的问题是如果你投资了,州或者地方政府发行的债券,他们可能无法支付,他们可能会破产

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Collison inexplicably escaped a booking, but Fox made the Hammers midfielder pay from the resulting free-kick by curling the sweetest of left-foot strikes beyond Green.

BBC: Daniel Fox

How long that lasts is another question: The cable-rights fees are effectively transfer payments that the clubs pay themselves from the MASN books to their own.

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Organizations will need to segment the investments that will pay off in the longer term from those that will pay off in the coming 12 to 24 months.

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