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And so he resolves to repay them in the only way he knows: with labor, with devotion, with the silent caretaking that eventually convinces them they’re being aided by a benevolent forest spirit.

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The funds also don’t get repaid to the retirement account.

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The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, would therefore give Euroclear a contract, amounting to a promissory note, that it would make Euroclear’s balance sheet whole if it ever must repay Russia.

His tenure followed a nearly two-decade tumultuous stretch for the insurance conglomerate that included near bankruptcy, multiple management changes and the selling off of crown jewels to repay one of the U.S. government’s biggest bailouts.

Credit-default swaps act as insurance for corporate debt; buyers receive a payout if the company can’t repay its bonds or keep up with the interest payments.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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