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Christanford Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Stand to do sth

Hi,

Former Morgan Stanley manageing director Du Jun was yesterday jailed for seven years and fined HK$23.3 million - the amount he stood to make from the deal.

What does "stood to make" mean?

Thanks in advance
  

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Christanford What does "stood to make" mean? "would have received"

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ChristanfordWhat does "stood to make" mean?
"would have received"