One Chicago woman, for example, discovered that daily lunches with co-workers cost her $ 2,000 a year; she decided to take lunch to work instead.

例如，一位来自芝加哥的女性发现，每天与同事共进午餐，一年就要花掉2000美元，于是她决定带午饭去上班。

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Older home-based business owners can do their own version of co-working by sharing the cost of office space among, say, five or 10 people.

年纪偏大的居家创业者也可以通过他们自己的方式实现合作，和五人或者10人一起分摊办公室的费用。

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Co-payments should be raised to make patients and their physicians more cost-conscious.

自付额应该提高，使病人和医生更加注重节约成本。

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The recent fall in the price of crude oil has already forced them to co-operate to reduce the cost of developing new oilfields.

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Businesses try to co-operate, but at a cost in efficiency and confidence.

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