As for the $10,000 fee she was paid - none extra for twins - she discarded any argument that it represented payment in exchange for a baby, as some assert.

Under this option, the scale charges you retain represent payment of the fees you have recharged.

As the retention represents deferred payment, it is reasonable for the vendor to be paid interest on the monies eventually received.

The Government avoided a detailed discussion of a $40,000 invoice that had been sent from Jefferies to GAF, which prosecutors say represented payment for the illegal manipulation.

About a month later, I received a check for $141, representing full payment.

Thus raising the price of the leaf by any plausible amount would not make much difference in the total cost, most of which represents payment for risks in transporting and selling the drug.

Because half of the Library's budget represents payment in advance for subscriptions for the following year, it is extremely difficult to make savings in the current year when financial pressures are exerted.

This represents only partial payment for the $250 million in the company's outstanding "junk bonds" that are now essentialy worthless.

Mr. Doggett said that a similar system could be used to create an electronic certified check that would represent guaranteed payment.

It represented one-half payment for a risky trip in a small boat that she expects to take her to Puerto Rico early next month.