bought down

Chinese translation: 以。。下降为代价

16:23 Oct 21, 2010
English to Chinese translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Accounting
English term or phrase: bought down
Follow-on Q acquisition bought down from 12x EBITDA to 6x cash-flow

请问这句话中的bought down是什么意思。就这一句话,原文中没有其它上下文。谢谢。
huoyun
Local time: 19:43
Chinese translation:以。。下降为代价
Explanation:
我觉得这里的buy down不是一个词组,应该分开理解。

buy有“To acquire by sacrifice, exchange, or trade”的意思,即“以。。。换取”,或者“以牺牲。。。为代价”。
再看后面,现金由原先的12x下降为6x

句子大致的意思应该是”收购的进行是以现金的下降作为代价“,或者说收购导致了现金的下降。

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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-10-21 18:55:31 GMT)
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我是想说“现金流”,不知怎么“流”字都没打出来。
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clairejie
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Local time: 12:43
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以。。下降为代价


Explanation:
我觉得这里的buy down不是一个词组,应该分开理解。

buy有“To acquire by sacrifice, exchange, or trade”的意思,即“以。。。换取”,或者“以牺牲。。。为代价”。
再看后面,现金由原先的12x下降为6x

句子大致的意思应该是”收购的进行是以现金的下降作为代价“,或者说收购导致了现金的下降。

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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-10-21 18:55:31 GMT)
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我是想说“现金流”,不知怎么“流”字都没打出来。

clairejie
France
Local time: 12:43
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Native speaker of: Chinese
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Grading comment
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Notes to answerer
Asker: 谢谢,不过意思不是那样。它的意思是说,后续一个季度的收购价格从EBITDA的12倍降低到了现金流的6倍。

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