up-front fee

基本解释

Most charge a significant up-front fee and an ongoing percentage of revenue.
大多数收取大量的前期费用和收入的持续的百分比。
For big enterprise, the lowered cost of IT would make up for the greater up-front subscription fee.
对于大企业来说，降低的IT成本抵消了更高的最初使用费。
Behavioural specialists say that members who pay an up-front yearly fee go less frequently because they don't have a regular reminder of their commitment printed on their bank statements.
行为研究学家说，会员预付完年费后，就没了定期的银行帐单"任务"提醒，由此，他们去健身房锻鍊的次数会少许多。

Its associates' programme operates a similar system to Ingram's proposed one with a smaller commission of 8%, but no up-front fee.
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Analyst Keith Benjamin figures online mall CUC NetMarket's model -- where customers pay an up-front fee to receive bigger discounts on all subsequent book purchases -- might prove more profitable.
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Qteros and Praj will ask for an up-front licensing fee and then a percentage of the cash flow, a kind of royalty, from the ongoing operation.
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