Being married means sharing expenses and splitting the costs of major purchases.

结婚意味着可以和别人一起分享开销，一起共同购买大宗商品。

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Class actions are a vehicle through which individuals harmed by fraudulent conduct of companies and Wall Street firms can seek redress as a large group, thus sharing the costs and expenses, which they could not do if they all brought their own individual suits.

FORBES: In Defense of Class Actions