21.   Bonds are obligations to pay a fixed amount of interest each year.

22.   A block grant gives each state a fixed amount of money, with no allowance for population growth.

23.   A forward is an agreement to exchange fixed amounts of one currency for another on an agreed-upon date.

24.   A government pledges to convert each dollar into a fixed amount of gold.

25.   A family doctor or internist typically receives a fixed amount of money for supervising and coordinating all the care that a patient needs.

26.   A single-premium immediate fixed annuity is one in which you make one payment to the insurer who promises to immediately start paying you a fixed amount.

27.   Breaux had proposed that the government, instead of paying separately for each medical service, offer a fixed amount of money to each beneficiary.

28.   Brown suggested that Congress consider paying a fixed daily amount for each nursing home patient to discourage the piecemeal billings.

29.   But that adds enormous costs to a publicly funded program with a fixed amount of money to spend.

30.   But the Medicare system, which pays hospitals a fixed amount to care for patients, is tough on small, rural hospitals.