But the chances of a non-executive director having to fork out for corporate wrongdoing are tiny.
It measures how much you need to fork out to buy an entire public company.
Recently the New York Times found some success getting more online readers to fork out.
Plainly, the richer states, which have to fork out for their poorer neighbours, are keen on this.
That is a sum which insurance companies and government health services might understandably be reluctant to fork out.
In the case of, say, organic produce, consumer benefits mean that customers are willing to fork out more.
Will consumers be willing to fork out more for chicken dinners this winter?
Also, the tough economic times mean many don't have the money to fork out on pricey hotels and rental properties.
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Casinos and resorts have lower payouts than online gambling and you have to fork out for the hotel room, too.
So, companies may have to fork out more cash earlier to attract new employees rather than relying on stock options.
The commission's plan is for a cap on how much individuals must fork out before the state starts paying the bills.
When consumers fork out hard-earned cash for a product, they are buying the emotion the brand gives them much, much more than a multiplicity of features.
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Private companies have therefore to fork out for a big initial investment, and must pay a number of social charges that the town waterworks do not pay.
If the government can afford to lavish millions on ministerial cars and salaries, it can fork out a few more rand for its public servants, they argue.
Before the UN introduced a ruling on cybersquatting last year, corporations and individuals were being forced to fork out staggering sums to buy the rights to an address.
On the other hand, people who are prepared to fork out hundreds of dollars for lunch or dinner expect their surroundings to be at least as sumptuous as their food.
The write-offs alone exceed the amount JAL has earmarked to buy 45 new Boeing 787 Dreamliners, he says, whereas ANA has to fork out the money to buy 55 of them.
Apart from the paranoid wealthy (sales of an anti-anthrax drug, Cipro, boomed in Manhattan after the anthrax attacks there in 2001), few people will fork out for a supply of pharmaceutical insurance.
Consultant plastic surgeon David Soutar, of Canniesburn Plastic Surgery Unit in Glasgow - the largest in Scotland, said Scots were happy to fork out to try to obtain the slim, muscular figures they had witnessed.
He and wife Paula, who were waiting for a ferry across the Camel estuary to Padstow, said second homeowners spent more money locally than other holidaymakers because they did not have to fork out for rent.
What's more, Italy may have to fork out a few tens of billions of euros to recapitalise its banks - which is less than Spain's banking bill but rather more than the banking liability I face.
If Western countries have to reduce emissions and fork out extensive sums of money and they do not, they stand to gain a competitive advantage - and dragging up the past as often as possible helps this agenda.
The most bizarre part to me isn't that Samsung is willing to fork out ungodly amounts of currency in order to sear the term "Galaxy" onto the brains of every human alive -- it's that the outfit's North American marketing partners are actually stellar.
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The two crucial issues, can voters be persuaded that they should fork out more for better services, and just as important, can Gordon Brown and Tony Blair overcome the scepticism of the Tories and many commentators about how effective the extra cash will be.
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My same Hawaii honeymoon friend was ready to fork out actual cash for business class seats to Australia last year, and his travel agent actually talked him down and was able to upgrade coach seats on Air New Zealand with his United miles (he had already tried).
Think of your business as a tuning fork that puts out a unique vibration into the world.
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But, if they are really clever, they will acquire a search provider, such as Yahoo, and then fork Android, cutting out Google.
You could throw it like a small javelin, or stab it into a piece of steak instead of using a fork, or you might take the ink cartridge out of the pen and fill the hollow shell with sand (just because you like sand).
Would you gladly fork over the price of a meal in exchange for missing out on years of heartache and thousands of dollars lost?
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