Remember, there's no profit in your business until you've covered your direct and indirect (overhead) expenses.

记住，如果不能收回直接和间接（日常）成本，你的公司就不能盈利。

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The brightly coloured fabrics used for costumes, draperies and furnishings provide splashes of colour on a open, uncluttered stage that relies on a sober indirect overhead lighting to convey the illusion of daylight.

ECONOMIST: French theatre