Word: fee
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...payment and phone cards in a newly designated space painted a bright, "firefly gold" in each store. Because the counters are open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days a week, they are as quick and convenient as anything but 24-hour check cashers. The $3 check-cashing fee is far lower than the average 1% to 3% charged by regular check cashers, and the Visa MoneyCards cost $8.94 plus a $4.94 monthly maintenance fee. As with any Visa card, a PIN number or signature is required for each transaction, and the card can be canceled immediately if lost...
...happy--he gets a night off from being slugged. Only your kid has no obvious reason to be happy, at least in the short run. In the longer run, he will surely be eager to take advantage of a market in "parent bashing." In fact, for a larger fee, he will some day be able to go to your nursing home and unplug your ventilator. And somewhere in the underdeveloped world, five or even 10 elderly persons will get medicines they otherwise couldn't afford. Such is the magic of capitalism...
...poor: You cannot make this deal, even if it benefits both of you. It is too unseemly. Or here's a thought: We can create a market in winning the argument. The rich person can purchase the right not to be challenged, and the poor person, for a fee, can agree to shut up. Everybody's happy. Isn't capitalism great...
...seaside restaurants, nightclubs and hotels to operate along the coastline and effectively keep out the straying and non-paying public. "In my district alone," says Kortzidis, "20,000 residents haven't been able to walk to the beach for years, without paying a minimum seven euro [$9] entrance fee to some businessman. It's ludicrous! Who pays an entrance fee to enter his home...
...which, under Italian law, must be open to all. In Greece, similar legislation also calls for 160 feet of open access space along the country's shoreline, a rule defied by most beachfront entrepreneurs who fence off the beach in front of their establishments and charge an entrance fee...