pay one's bills

基本解釋

So we have--U.S. Government issues bills and that's less than or equal to one year and they pay no interest.
美國政府發(fā)行的短期國庫券,期限通常小于或等于一年,且不付息
But one upside of the night shift is that it gives Hayes flexibility in the day to run errands, pay bills and take his kids to doctor's appointments.
但是夜班也使得Hayes在白天的時間安排更加靈活，他可以去處理自己的事情，付帳單，帶孩子去看醫(yī)生。
And reserves are an attractive vehicle for that: they are one of the world's few remaining risk-free assets, and at 0.25%, they pay more than Treasury bills.
而銀行準(zhǔn)備金就是個很不錯的緩沖工具：準(zhǔn)備金是世界上碩果僅存的無風(fēng)險資產(chǎn)之一，按照0.25%的利率來看，比短期國債的利率還高一點。

So we have--U.S. Government issues bills and that's less than or equal to one year and they pay no interest.
美國政府發(fā)行的短期國庫券,期限通常小于或等于一年,且不付息
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