Sentence examples for term payments from inspiring English sources

But the share-based "long term" payments more than made up for that decline.

Saks said it had no long-term payments due until December 2010.

The reform law of 1946 established a ceiling on individual holdings and provided for expropriation and resale of excess land to the tenants against long-term payments.

The companies agreed to make long-term payments to the governments, and in return, the states agreed not to sue the companies for smoking-related injuries.

Though many of Puerto Rico's problems are reminiscent of Greece's — tax noncompliance, a stagnant economy, years of issuing long-term debt to cover short-term payments — investors have had a nearly insatiable appetite for its bonds.

The Hundred Days also included relief and reform measures, the former referring to short-term payments to individuals to alleviate hardship, the latter to long-range programs aimed at eliminating economic abuses.

Gov. George E. Pataki signed legislation yesterday allowing local governments to collect long-term payments in lieu of taxes reached through negotiations with the new owners of nuclear power plants.

But Chancellor Gerhard Schröder cut back the long-term payments, and as of next February, Germans who are out of work for more than a year will be entitled to benefits similar to ordinary welfare -- about $414 a month, plus money for rent and utilities.

The long-term payments were made under the Performance Unit Plan, a four-year program that compensated executives with cash if Enron's total shareholder return -- a combination of dividends and the increase in the stock price -- ranked sixth or greater compared with a number of alternative investments.

Primark paid $2m in short-term compensation and has committed to long-term payments of $9m.

To ensure sustainability, long-term payments are likely to be needed, raising the question of how they will be financed.