dedicated telephone line 专用电话线

warrant 保证，授权

stock warrant: A stock warrant represents the right to purchase a company's stock at a specific price and at a specific date. A stock warrant is issued directly by a company to an investor. Stock options are purchased when it is believed the price of a stock will go up or down.

prime rate 优惠利率

annum=annually

commitment fee:  A commitment fee is a banking term used to describe a fee charged by a lender to a borrower to compensate the lender for its commitment to lend. Commitment fees typically are associated with unused credit lines or undisbursed loans. 承诺费（贷款者为同意随时提供信贷而收取的费用）

operating deficit = total expenditure - total revenues

technical default: A technical default is a deficiency in a loan agreement that arises from a failure to uphold an aspect of the loan terms (other than the regularly scheduled payments). Lenders will typically outline provisions that can lead to technical default in their loan agreements. 穆迪对技术性违约的定义是指除了支付本金和利息，未能履行债券发行契约所载条款，例如超过最高杠杆率或未达到最低债务覆盖倍数等。

consortium 财团

tax loss carryforward: A tax loss carryforward (or carryover) is a provision that allows a taxpayer to carry over a tax loss to future years to offset a profit. The tax loss carryforward can be claimed by an individual or a business in order to reduce any future tax payments.

carry over: 结转

hitherto 迄今为止

conviction 定罪 信念

knock the props out from under someone: to destroy someone's emotional, financial, or moral underpinnings; to destroy someone's confidence. When you told Sally that she was due to be fired, you really knocked the props out from under her.

take on burden 承担压力