Sentences with phrase «take pennies on the dollars»

Orr was unable to persuade a host of creditors, unions and pension boards to take pennies on the dollar to help facilitate the city's massive financial restructuring.

No worrying about selling past an advance, or taking pennies on the dollar for each sale because a publisher and agent need to get a cut.

GM wants the bond holders to take pennies on the dollar.

They will often take pennies on the dollars for a past due debt.

In the most important case in decades to rule on the admissibility of medical bills to prove damages, Law v. Griffith, slip op., July 20, 2010, the Supreme Judicial Court held that bills for medical care were presumptively evidence of the value of that care and that a defendant may not rebut or impeach that evidence by proving that the care provider took pennies on the dollar, but that such bills could be impeached with evidence that most insurers pay pennies on the dollar for the same services.

And when you're mad and you are desperate they hope you'll take pennies on the dollar to «make it go away».

Lenders often will take pennies on the dollar to settle this sort of debt.

Not exact matches

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To take millions of book titles and propose paying the authors pennies on the dollar isn't going to work out well for anyone except the avid reader.

Unfortunately, it could take longer if you keep your money in low - interest cash accounts and money market funds that barely earn a penny on the dollar.

The charity takes advantage of the same system collections agencies use to buy bad debts at pennies on the dollar.

Not only would I have saved a couple pennies on the dollar, but it wouldn't at times be so underwhelming to feel that I'm not getting my money's worth because I'm not taking advantage of the product's full features.

You don't have to take your premium paid - $ 1000 - for - it - back - in - the - day receiver and put it on Craigslist for pennies on the dollar.