promise to pay

基本解釋

If a promise to pay someone money in the future isn’t a debt, what is it?
在未來支付金錢的承諾,如果不是負(fù)債，還能是什么呢？
A bond, of course, is just an IOU, a promise to pay back money with interest by certain dates.
債券，當(dāng)然，這只是一個(gè)借據(jù)，承諾到期歸還并支付利息的紙條。
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Investment bank A would guarantee the credit worthiness of energy firm B and charge a fee for the promise to pay should energy firm B go bust.
投資銀行A 將保證能源公司B的信用，從為能源公司B破產(chǎn)的付款承諾中收取費(fèi)用。

It consists of a promise to pay, usually denominated in currency, and there are both long-term and short-term debt instruments.
是一種付款承諾,通常是貨幣支付形式,有長期債券,以及短期債券
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According to a time-honored tradition in finance, it says that it's a promise to pay $1, but it's not worth $1 today.
由于資金有時(shí)間價(jià)值,他說他承諾支付一美元,但在此時(shí)此刻它并不值一美元
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The British Government will never promise to pay you 10% more each year because they can't do it.
英國政府永遠(yuǎn)都不會(huì)承諾給你們,每年支付你們高于10%的利息,因?yàn)樗麄兏揪妥霾坏?br>耶魯公開課 - 金融市場(chǎng)課程節(jié)選

If a promise to pay someone money in the future isn't a debt, what is it?
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