The cost and scarcity of this type of funding means that these businesses—equity underwriting is an example—will command higher margins.
这种债务的成本和稀缺性意味着相关行业——例如股票包销——要求更高的收益。
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Considering these strengths, I believe that we will earn an underwriting profit over the years and that our float will therefore cost us nothing.
考虑到这些优势，我相信在接下来数年里，保险业务依然可以保持盈利并且不需要为浮存金进行支付。
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But manual underwriting with medical tests can cost hundreds of dollars and, according to one estimate, drags on for an average of 42 days in America and Europe.