They will plunk down their cash for her to transcend golf the way Woods did.

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Investors refused to plunk down money without a revenue guarantee that is, a subsidy from the state, which wasn't forthcoming.

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The day you read this, McDonald's will plunk down four more stores in places such as Azerbaijan, Mauritius and American Samoa.

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Tempted by the new threads, I, too, brought a jacket to the register and waited behind five others before I could plunk down my cash.

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That means before they plunk down thousands on a trip, travelers are craving real reviews and recommendations from others who have been there, eaten that.

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But there are bonds, so simple, just plunk down your money and you get payments in return over the years and then all of your money is returned to you.

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Translation: If you're willing to plunk down a few bones on a new computer at Best Buy next year, you're going to get something better, for less, than you could before.

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But you would have purchased that iPad 2 much more recently and it may be difficult to plunk down extra cash this soon, unless you have a family member who can inherit your current model.

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If one of this year's high school graduates decides he wants nothing more from life than to be a billionaire, should he plunk down tens of thousands of dollars and work for years to earn a college diploma?

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Mr. Moore, who runs an alternative investment-management company called GCM Capital Management, says that right now he would rather keep his money in his business rather than plunk it down on a large down payment, especially when he doesn't plan to stay in one place for more than five or 10 years.

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