The rating helps investors assess an individual bond's creditworthiness, or the likelihood that it will fulfill its contractual payment obligations without delinquency or default.
Liberty is presumed to be the leading candidate because of the likelihood that it will include the most cash in its offer.
The question is how you increase the likelihood that it will succeed.
"And having the worst thing come to mind, in some circumstances, might increase the likelihood that it will happen".
But there's no way you can know, and lately, the likelihood that it will rain has been increasing".
American scientists are resigned to the likelihood that it will not be built in the United States.
"One of the tests for determining whether something is material," he said, "is to weigh the likelihood that it will actually happen".
Even so — given the financial assistance offered by the European Union to the government in Budapest — the likelihood that it will seek to block the package is low.
They provide a likelihood that it will rain in Boston a week from now, but no specific prediction for a particular day or hour.
The codes don't come with guarantees, and each code has a colored dot — green, yellow or red — corresponding to the likelihood that it will work.
Many college admissions officers said they were excited about the change, and the likelihood that it will spur high schools to emphasize good writing skills.
