Once Netflix owns a DVD, it has the rights to rent it to whomever it wants, at whatever price it wants to charge.

一旦它拥有了某个DVD，该公司就有权按自己希望的价格，将之租借给任何想看这张DVD的人。

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Privy to superior information, banks can charge hefty fees and drive up their own profits at the expense of clients who are induced to take on risks they don’t fully understand—a form of rent seeking.

由于信息不对称，银行可以收取大额的费用，并通过客户支付费用抬高他们自己的收益，而客户在完全不知情的情况下被诱导而承担风险——这是一种寻租形式。

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Families who shop at rent-to-own stores, which charge ridiculous interest rates, can temporarily pare back and then buy furniture or electronics outright.

在利息奇高的先租后买商店购物的家庭，可以暂时减少购物量，全额买下家具或电器。

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Lawyers say the signs in the lobby listing the price of admission with the word "recommended" below in smaller type violate a 1893 law mandating the public be admitted free of charge at least five days and two evenings per week in exchange for monetary grants and rent-free use of city-owned land.

BBC: Metropolitan Museum of Art's entrance fee 'deceptive'