7.a revenue of £1,400 less a sales brokerage of £12.50.
1,400英镑的收入,其包括要扣除的12.50英镑的销售回扣。
8.The brokerage executive was unmasked as a faker. Ahumbug is a self-important or self-deluded faker:
人被揭穿是个冒充者。 humbug 是一个自视过高的或者自欺欺人的冒充者:
9.The semiretired chairman of the board of the brokerage firm was a longtime trader with nearly 40 years of experience in the grain pits at the Chicago Board of Trade.