obligate.01
frames- Thus , [ARG1 an institution] [rel obligated] [ARG2 * to make fixed-rate interest payments on debt] swaps the payments with another making floating-rate payments .
- With the harvest winding down , however , some analysts are speculating that prices might jump in some regions as U.S. exporters try *-1 to gather the corn 0 [ARG1 they] are [rel obligated] [ARG2 *-3 to deliver *T*-2] .
- That means 0 [ARG1 the fund] is [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel obligated] *-1 to pay anything , [ARGM-TMP at least so far] .
- By *-1 buying futures contracts , these companies attempt *-1 to protect themselves from swings in the price of the corn that [ARG1 they] are [rel obligated] [ARG2 *-3 to deliver *T*-2] .
- `` [ARG1 I] 'm [ARGM-NEG not] [rel obligated] [ARG2 *-1 to sit down and talk to anybody] , '' the Jaguar chairman asserted *T*-2 yesterday .
- Although [ARG1 it] [ARGM-MOD may] [ARGM-NEG not] be [ARGM-MNR legally] [rel obligated] *-1 [ARG2 to sell the company if the buy-out group ca n't revive its bid] , it may have *-2 to explore alternatives if the buyers come back with a bid much lower than the group 's original $ 300-a-share *U* proposal .