In theory a newspaper could ask its readers to sign up for a two-year electronic subscription, say, and subsidise the cost of an e-reader.

理论上，一家报纸可以让他的读者订阅两年的电子报纸，这样可免费获赠一台电子阅读器。

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A premium subscription to the Web site, with access to all content, costs $300 a year in the United States. Adding the print version costs $100 more.

在美国，对此网站全部内容的浏览订阅需要支付300美元一年的费用，若想要印刷报纸，还得再加100美元。

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Another example in the opposite direction would be a software as a service business where your company gets paid a year in advance for your software subscription revenues.

另一个例子可以是相反的方向，比如软件服务企业，你公司会提前一年收取软件预订的款项。

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And you can either, like pay a subscription for a year and then you can use it as much as you want,

你可以付一年的押金，然后你可以随便怎么用，

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That price will include e-mail-based installation support along with a one-year subscription to priority FTP service.

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Some believe that consumers will be greeted with a free one-year subscription to streaming service Amazon Prime.

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Historically, they've upgraded their devices and Office every 4 years, so we'll use a 4 year subscription window.

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