on/under/with the assumption
idiom
: as though one knows : in the belief
We are operating on/under/with the assumption that the loan will be approved.
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As part of the transaction, DirecTV was to pay $1 to buy the pay TV business called Dish DBS, including Dish and Sling TV, with the assumption of about $9.75 billion of Dish’s debt.
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Reuters, CNN, 22 Nov. 2024
Appyea's financial statements have been prepared under the assumption of a going concern, but the company acknowledges substantial doubt about its ability to continue operations without additional funding.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2024
Practically for Ukraine, this means Kyiv isn't working on the assumption that by the time its analysts glimpse satellite images of airfields or naval bases, the Russian planes or ships housed at the sites have moved.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
But several member countries, including the Saudi kingdom, underpin their annual budgets on the assumption of a fiscal break-even price — which the International Monetary Fund estimates must hit $96.20 for Riyadh to meet its obligations this year.
—Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2024
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Reuters, CNN, 22 Nov. 2024
Appyea's financial statements have been prepared under the assumption of a going concern, but the company acknowledges substantial doubt about its ability to continue operations without additional funding.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2024
Practically for Ukraine, this means Kyiv isn't working on the assumption that by the time its analysts glimpse satellite images of airfields or naval bases, the Russian planes or ships housed at the sites have moved.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
But several member countries, including the Saudi kingdom, underpin their annual budgets on the assumption of a fiscal break-even price — which the International Monetary Fund estimates must hit $96.20 for Riyadh to meet its obligations this year.
—Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2024
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