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BBC 6 Minute English

2009年4月3日 星期五

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premium

premium:
貼水, 酬庸, 獎勵, 仲介費 == commission fee?

溢價
issue of bonds at a premium 溢價發行債券

保險費
premium rebate 保險費回扣


risk premium, riskpremium
historical "equity risk premium"

[ref] http://cn.wordmind.com/ecmaster-cgi/Csearch.cgi?kwd=premium&bool=and&word=im

bolster

bolster:
(n.) a kind of pillow(long pillow)

(v.) support, maintain with unusual effort

Taiwan government has designated 2009 as the year for bolstering its special partnership with Japan.

...tend to bolster investor confidence to invest in these local markets.

[ref]
australia.pimco.com/LeftNav/PIMCO+Group+Product+Focus/2006/


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