But they are all predicated on one thing — speed.
Bourdain offered a refreshing take: one predicated on #nofilter.
The wealth and power of hedge funds, and those handsome fees, were predicated on what now sounds like a hollow promise: to make money year in and year out.
Cover has attracted venture capital too: it has raised $5.5m earlier this month, which will allow the company to double its workforce from its present 11.Cover's business model is predicated on the relatively high credit-card fees charged in America, which makes international expansion unlikely in the near future, says Mr Egerman.
Lichtman, a New Jersey native and graduate of Duke University School of Law, told VICE News he is the unnamed private counsel that Guzmán now has on retainer, and confirmed that the arrangement is "predicated on us trying to resolve the fee situation".
The problem doesn't lie so much with the likes of the National Employment Savings Trust or bog-standard stakeholder schemes where fees are generally low, but with those that date back many years and decades – the mists of time again – where fees were higher and predicated on unrealistic growth expectations (wishful thinking) of 7 or 9 per cent per year.
The successful transition, however, was predicated on the willingness of the major payers to reimburse the facility fee charges.
The fast-food industry is predicated on a franchise system, with the owners of individual outlets -- franchisees -- paying fees to the company in exchange for an established name and business model.
One category, the so-called 12b-1 fee, is a charge for marketing a fund and is predicated on the notion that bringing in additional assets will help existing shareholders by spreading costs over a larger base.
Acting is predicated on imagination.
"The show is so predicated on questions.
