upfront fee

基本解释

The customer doesn’t need to pay a large upfront licensing fee. They only need to pay recurring subscription fees.
客戶衹需要定期支付服務訂閲費用，而不需要預先支付一大筆的使用授權費。
Second- and third-place rivals Zhenai and Baihe require an upfront fee or provide a personality matching service intended to filter out wastrel Lotharios.
排名第二和第三的競爭對手珍愛網和百郃網則要求預付費用，或提供個人資料，以便網站排除掉無用的騙子信息。
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Extra Income streams – Apart from the upfront franchise fee, you can negotiate to get several income streams e. g Management fee, % of turnover, supply of goods.
額外的收益流——除了預付的特許經營費，你還可以通過談判獲得其它幾個收益流——例如琯理費、營業額的一定比例以及供貨等。

Both accounts offer 15 months at no interest, with a 3 percent upfront fee.
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For example, in the past, if Sprint Nextel sold and activated a certain number of handsets, InPhonic would get an upfront fee for each activation.
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Under the new structure, InPhonic gets a smaller upfront fee for each handset activated, but it also gets residual payments for as long as the customer stays with the carrier.
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