Many artists make rent money as freelances, which means you may not have control over when the next paying job is coming.

很多艺术家以自由职业者通过租赁赚钱，这意味着只有有人付款，你才有控制权。

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She has told us that when she goes back to stay with her family, they make her pay rent. We could not believe such a thing.

她告诉过我们，当她回去和家人一起住时，他们让她付租金。我们不能相信这样的事。

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Car owners who rent their vehicles to others using RelayRides make an average of $250 a month; some make more than $1000.

通过 RelayRides 将汽车出租给他人的车主平均每月收入为250美元；有些人的收入超过1000美元。

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"I told my parents that I didn't want them to help me with money this summer so the two main jobs, the one on campus and at the environmental consulting firm, are mainly to make money for rent and utilities and all that."

VOA: special.2010.06.18

That we might struggle to make rent or a mortgage payment was a real and frightening prospect.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Then We Came to the End'

It was much more tangible for me to wait tables part time to make rent while I got through school full time before I graduated.

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Some clubs make dancers rent out the stage in an elaborate end-run to avoid employee treatment.

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