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Yuexihuachen Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Free enterprise
members of the East India Company by questionable means made great fortunes with which they bought political influence; positions in the customs service were treated as 'spoils'in a system of political patronage.
Q: I totally cannot understand what is the meaning of the bold part of the sentence.
thanks.
Q: I totally cannot understand what is the meaning of the bold part of the sentence.
thanks.
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EIC members made a lot of money and used it to pay politicians; the governent accepted money (bribes) for awarding attractive jobs in the Customs service (import-export duties).
- EIC members made a lot of money and used it to pay politicians; the governent accepted money (bribes) for awarding attractive jobs in the Customs service (import-export duties).
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EIC members made a lot of money and used it to pay politicians; the governent accepted money (bribes) for awarding attractive jobs in the Customs service (import-export duties).
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