It is true that when there are start-up costs, such as credit checks, involved in serving a new customer, the costs exceed those of serving a repeat customer.

的确，当服务新客户需要启动成本时，比如信用检查，其成本要高于服务老客户的成本。

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Poker financed a sizeable chunk of Microsoft's start-up costs.

微软的启动资金中有很大一部分也是来自扑克。

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Do you know how to compute the start-up costs for your business?

你能计算出创业所需的经费吗？

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The BBC licence fee will finance some start-up costs, but advertising is likely to fund the services.

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They might also cover the start-up costs of suppliers, lowering prices of green-building expertise and materials.

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This model helps mitigate start-up costs, and gives distillers a steady stream of non-spirit revenue.

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