银行对支票帐户支付的利息极低，或根本不付利息，因此，支票余额和货币相似。

Banks usually pay little or no interest on checking accounts, and so check balances are similar to currency.

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500强公司还通过降低利息支出实现了增效，包括用利润偿还债务以及以极低利率发行新债券这两种方式。

The 500 also reaped major rewards from lowering interest payments, both by tapping bigger earnings to reduce debt and by issuing new bonds at bargain rates.

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