Sentence examples for the total obligation from inspiring English sources

A preliminary analysis by the State of Alabama estimated the total obligation for providing retiree health insurance at $11 billion.

But because the total obligation is not currently disclosed, it is nearly impossible to get an accurate reading on the size of the problem.

It considers their value not as the total obligation, but as "contingent liabilities" — meaning what it expects it could possibly lose.

The more cautious PBGC reckons that the total obligations of America's single-company defined-benefit plans were underfunded by over $450 billion at the end of 2004.

The result is known as the Total Obligations to Income ratio.

Officials in Texas argue that having to disclose the state's total obligation — roughly estimated around $50 billion — could bring pressure to cut benefits.

A third change would require cities and towns that participate in big, state-run pension systems like the New York State Common Fund to report their share of the systems' total obligations.

Mr. Stein, the taxpayer advocate, said his own calculations put taxpayers' total obligation over the next 50 years at more than $10 billion just for projects that have already been approved.

In a conference call with investors, Mr. Ebbers said that he now owed WorldCom $339.7 million on two loans, and that WorldCom had guaranteed an additional $35 million loan, bringing his total obligation to the company to $374.7 million.

They have a complete and total obligation to let the weapons inspectors back in any time, any place, anywhere.

Lei Jinghua, the farmer in Yuejin, made the point about money by pulling out his pink tax card for 1999, angrily pointing to all the charges: a general farm tax of $47; administration fee, $4.35; public works fund, $5.80; village school construction, $8.25; family planning fee, 50 cents; fees for the civil militia, the village welfare fund and other items, bringing his total obligation to $90.