life of contract

基本解释

Interest is paid at least a guaranteed minimum fixed rate for the life of the contract.
在合同存续期有最低收益率保证
Recognize a sale only when the money is in hand or, even more conservatively, spread it out over the life of a contract, and revenue goes down.
钱财到手后，或者更保守一点，到合同期满后再行确认，收益就下降。
Precontract is based on the theory of the Relational Contract Law and Life of Contract, which reflect the parties' intention to control the process to make a forward contract.
预约以关系契约法学说及合同的生活史理论为存在依托，体现了当事人主动对合同的缔结过程进行安排、控制的意图。

That subsidy is then (hopefully, at least the airtime provider hopes it will be) recouped over the 18 month, two year, life of the contract in some potion of the monthly fees being paid.
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That money is then clawed back by the operator over the life of the contract: either from the monthly payments or from some slice of the call revenues themselves.
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They are willing to absorb the upfront losses because they expect to make back their bait over the life of the contract when users stream video and use their devices for things that hog lots of bandwidth.
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