31.   But ultimately its founders hope that cities will agree to accept electronic payments and to pay for various additional services.

32.   But to get cash, biotechnology companies often must give up the rights to sell the products they develop, accepting royalty payments instead.

33.   By all accounts Alexander, who inherited the store, appears to have run it along unorthodox lines, sometimes preferring to barter rather than accept payment in cash.

34.   By the end of March, stores will accept payment only in euros.

35.   Critics charge that by accepting payment from biotechnology companies, some bioethicists are putting their opinions up for sale.

36.   Employers are now learning to play one HMO against another, forcing them to hold the line on premiums or even accept reduced payments.

37.   Except for Britain, Denmark and Sweden, every country within the European Union will be setting prices and accepting payment in the same currency.

38.   Even the Department of Revenue began closing down all audits, although it will still accept tax payments.

39.   Fokker could also ask its suppliers to accept payment in dollars instead of guilders.

40.   For the next two months, they are required to accept payment in either euros or the old currency but they are expected to give out change in euros.