With the U.S.jobless rate above ten percent, President Obama says he wants to take action now.

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

In the early post-war period, the corporate--now I'm going to talk-- there's a distinction between the rate that they charge and the actual amount that they take.

在战后初期,公司的...我要说明的是,政府规定的税率,与实际征收的税率之间存在着差异

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

.. In 1799, it would cost so much to mail a letter-- I don't know exactly, something like $10 or $20 to mail a letter at today's rate-- and it would take a long time get there.

在1799年，寄封信需要花费-,我也不清楚具体的数字,大概相当于现在的10到20块钱-,而且还要花很久才能送达。

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This represents a take rate 13.5x larger take rate than what Taobao gets on the consumer-to-consumer business.

FORBES: Pulling Back the Curtain on Taobao -- and Yahoo!'s Hidden Value

Many items sold through Tmall generate a much higher take rate for Taobao.

FORBES: Pulling Back the Curtain on Taobao -- and Yahoo!'s Hidden Value

Overall, the average take rate for Tmall at the moment is 3.38% (based on publicly listed rates on the site).

FORBES: Pulling Back the Curtain on Taobao -- and Yahoo!'s Hidden Value