So they would have local, sort of higher class, local elites, would bid for the right to collect local taxes, and so the Romans would take the highest bid.

所以他们安排当地人，算是上层阶级，本地精英，竞拍当地收税权，这样罗马总是能获得最高竞价。

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One is the bid, which is what they'll pay you for a Treasury bill if you want to sell to them.

一个是买入价,就是买方愿意支付给卖方的报价,如果你想卖给他们的话

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Now you'll remember from our discussion of the opening invocation to Paradise Lost, that insistent bid that Milton was making: the bid to be first.

现在从我们对失乐园开篇,的讨论中可以得知，弥尔顿一直坚持的是：,敢为天下先。

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If you're a dealer, you've got to keep your bid-ask at market; otherwise, you'll get only one side or the other, right?

如果你是中间商,你的出价必须与市场一致,否则就只能拆东补西

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The Wall Street Journal calls around to the dealer, which has an inventory of all these maturities and asks them for their bid and ask.

华尔街日报》联系中间商,他们有各类期限的国库券,并询问他们的买入价和卖出价

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