Usually,white publishers paid only a small amount of money for full ownership of music written by African-Americans.

VOA: special.2010.01.24

That means that the price of each share should decline by the amount they paid out divided by the number of shares.

这就意味着每股价格会降低,降低值为,总开支除以总股数

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It's changing the number of shares outstanding, so the value of the company declines by the same amount; it has to, as if they had just paid a dividend.

它改变了发行股数,所以公司价值减少了相同的数量,必须如此,就好像支出了股利一样

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The amount of money paid to hijackers is harder to confirm.

VOA: special.2009.04.25

As a matter of fact, it costs an increasing amount to play the game when you look at the fees that are paid to investment managers and hedge funds.

事实上,当把付给投资经理,和对冲基金的费用都算进去的话,这个博弈的成本越来越高

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An international security analyst with experience in kidnapping and ransom negotiations in Somalia tells VOA that an undisclosed amount of money was raised and subsequently paid through local Somali contacts.

VOA: standard.2009.11.26

We call them consols because, in the early 1700s, the British Government issued what they called consols or consolidated debt of the British Crown that paid a certain amount of pound sterling every six months forever.

我们称之为公债是因为早在十八世纪初,英国政府规定他们称之为英国皇家,统合公债或者联合公债,要求永久性地,每六个月支付一定数量的英镑

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