Dealers generally pay slightly below the funds rate to finance their inventories of Treasury debt, upon which they also earn interest.

Above that, it has agreed to pay slightly less than $50 million to complete a settlement.

Each network pays slightly more than the $400 million a year that DirecTV will pay.

The Blue Jays, who will pay slightly less than $1 million for Cone's seven regular-season starts, want quality of the highest sort.

Typically, it said, the poor families affected make less than $20,000 a year, and pay slightly more than $100 in city income tax.

Because of Europe's postwar devastation, Washington initially consented to pay slightly more than 39 percent of the regular budget, but just for a year.

China, a permanent member of the Security Council, pays slightly less than 1 percent.

The group is expected to pay slightly more than $26 a share in cash and stock, people involved in the talks said.

As a rough example Mr. Jones estimated that a school of about 750 students would pay slightly less than $2,000 a year.

Under the deal, the investor group was planning to pay slightly more than $26 a share in cash and stock.