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Then they took Britain to court to reclaim the down payment.
然后他们把英国告上了法庭索取剩下的预付定金。
The needs are so great that the stimulus spending can be seen only as a down payment, according to the commission.
这个委员会认为，投资需求之大使刺激计划中的支出额只能被看作是头期款。
She will take the down payment , typically in the form of a certified check from the buyer , and the check from the lender for the amount of the mortgage .
她以一种从买方获得的保护支票的方式对预付定金进行处理，用从贷方获得的保护支票处理抵押贷款的数目。
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Your $30,000 down payment is completely wiped out because you were leveraged.
你支出的3万美元就彻底消失了,因为你的杠杆性
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We're building a payment network that can't go down because if we go down, we lose money for one of our users.
我们开发不会走下坡路的付款网络,因为如果我们走下坡路了，我们会会为我们的客户带来损失。
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But the 2012 budget that he put forward is very much a down payment on that.
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If anything, the Republican proposals are but a small down payment on genuine relief and simplification.
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an amount of money that you pay at the time that you buy something but is only a part of the total cost of that thing. You usually pay the rest of the cost over a period of time

If you make a down payment on something, you pay only a percentage of the total cost when you buy it. You then finish paying for it later, usually by paying a certain amount every month.

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In this part, the author discusses the relation of liquidated damages to damages, down payment, substantial performance as well as dissolution of contract.
本部分具体探讨了违约金与损害赔偿、定金、实际履行以及合同解除的关系。
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头期款